Orleans Levee Board
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From 1890 through 2006, the Orleans Levee Board was the body of commissioners that oversaw the Orleans Levee District which supervised the levee and floodwall system in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The
Debris set on curb from flood-damaged Uptown home includes trashed "Katrina refrigerator" with graffiti labeling it as a "levee board victim."
The reconstruction of New Orleans refers to the process of rebuilding the city following the failure of levees and floodwalls during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The federally built hurricane
Orleans Levee Board
…the 30% cost share for project design and construction, and to maintaining and operating completed flood protection structures. In the wake of the 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans, two new regional flood protection authorities were created to replace the OLB as well as the East Jefferson Levee Board and the Lake Borgne Levee Board…
After the flooding: Building displays lines from various levels of long standing floodwaters and has been deemed "unhabitable".
A portion of the 17th Street Canal, looking lakeward from behind the Metarie Road Pumping Station. Note the levees topped with concrete flood walls.
Sketch of New Orleans (shaded gray), indicating the locations of the principal breaches in the levees/floodwalls (dark blue arrows). Red dots show locations of deaths.
Breach in 17th Street Canal floodwall in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 31, 2005. (NOAA)