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Subst "August 2005" for "recently". Added passage from ASCE report, details of devastation.
'''New Orleans''' is the largest city in [[Louisiana]]. Originally part of the [[France|French]] territories in America, it retains a great deal of French heritage.
'''New Orleans''' is the largest city in [[Louisiana]]. Originally part of the [[France|French]] territories in America, it retains a great deal of French heritage.
Perhaps best known as the city that gave birth to [[Jazz]] and of the location of Mardi Gras, it was also in the news recently when [[Hurricane Katrina]] caused numerous failures in its levee defence system that caused widespread devastation.
Perhaps best known as the city that gave birth to [[Jazz]] and of the location of Mardi Gras, it was also in the news in August 2005 when [[Hurricane Katrina]] caused numerous failures in its levee defence system that caused widespread devastation.
According to the report from the American Society of Civil Engineers, "THE NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE PROTECTION SYSTEM: What Went Wrong and Why, A Report by the American Society of Civil Engineers Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel": <blockquote>
As of August 2, 2006, 1,118 people were confirmed dead in Louisiana as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Another 135 people are still missing and
presumed dead. Thousands of homes were destroyed. Direct damage to residential and non-residential property is estimated at $21 billion, damage to public infrastructure another $6.7 billion. Nearly half the region’s population has not yet returned after evacuating. Nearly 124 thousand jobs were lost, and the region’s economy was crippled.<ref>http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/ERPreport.pdf</ref>
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[[Category:US Towns and Cities]]
[[Category:US Towns and Cities]]