New Orleans was unprepared for the massive flooding that Hurricane Katrina unleashed in 2005. While the city already had an existing Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS), its pump stations and levees were unable to handle the onslaught of heavy flood. More than 80% of the city was submerged, and a huge portion of this were in residential areas.
Emergency relief and aid were immediately dispatched to NOLA, and thousands of families were relocated and brought to safety. However, even days after the disaster, the issue of effectively managing the flood waters loomed over everyone’s heads.
Task Force Guardian
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) launched Task Force Guardian in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Part of their mission is to get the HSDRRS up and running once more, to rid urban areas of damaging flood waters, and to restore NOLA’s infrastructures and make them more resilient against storm damage. Read more from this blog: http://bit.ly/2rHcKSF
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