NEW ORLEANS — Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections.
The 130-mile ring is designed to hold out storm surge of about 30 feet around New Orleans and suburbs in three parishes.
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