Hurricane Ida Recovery: Louisiana mayor says government levee system was disastrous for his town
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A levee system developed to protect New Orleans from storm surges helped destroy a small Louisiana town, the community's mayor told Fox News
The system was intended to safeguard New Orleans during severe weather. But many small towns south of the city, including Jean Lafitte, were not incorporated into the system, leaving them vulnerable to flooding and storm surge.
"We lost inside the levee protection by inches," Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner told Fox News.
The Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System is a series of levees, floodwalls, gauge structures and pump stations that form a 133-mile perimeter around Greater New Orleans. It includes the West Closure Complex – considered the largest water pump in the world.
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