The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane Katrina.

The new levee stretching from U.S. 90 near Ama east along Lake Cataouatche to Westwego is part of the overhaul of the metro New Orleans hurricane levee system ... in to the Mississippi closed ...

With the Mississippi ... 1,500 feet of the levee system, with no waivers granted, except in cases of imminent threat to human life or safety. When the flow of the river at New Orleans reaches ...

"It's approaching some historical lows that we've had here," Jones said on Oct. 19 as he looked out from the river levee ... States ends up in the Mississippi River system.

which includes the Mississippi's east bank between Chalmette and Pointe a la Hache; one on the western levee along the Atchafalaya River; 10 in the Upper Pontchartrain sector on the east bank of ...

The Mississippi River is near flood stage, with the waters of the river lapping just four feet below the lowest point in the levee system protecting the city. If PTC 2 intensifies into Hurricane ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With the Mississippi ... levee authorities. The heightened monitoring aims to quickly identify and respond to any potential weak points in the levee system caused by elevated ...