TP: Some levees breached, overtopped
September 12, 2008
Source: Times-Picayune
The latest on the precarious state of affairs in the Gulf:
Storm surge from Hurricane Ike is causing widespread flooding in communities outside levees in the New Orleans area, however earlier reports of a levee breach in Plaquemines Parish were false.
Elsewhere in the state, surge from Ike has breached or overtopped levees in Terrebonne and St. Mary Parish.
A storm surge model produced by the Center for the Study of Public Heath Effects of Hurricanes at LSU predicts surge from Ike will reach near 10 feet on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish and could reach that high in southeasternmost St. Tammany Parish.
