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InTowner
March 21, 2016
The Tiber Creek/B Street sewer briefly resurfaced in the news recently during archaeological excavations as part of the construction of the 17th Street levee designed to protect central Washington built over Tiber Creek.[13]. Photo showing the headwall of the Tiber Creek sewer outlet along 17th Street, NWÃÂ ...
NBC4 Washington
November 3, 2015
After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accelerated construction of the long planned 17th Street levee near Constitution Avenue. “Seventeenth Street is one of the low points in the city and is prone to flooding,” said Michael Litterest of the National Park Service.
WTOP
September 30, 2015
WASHINGTON — If Hurricane Joaquin makes a break for the nation's capital, the new 17th Street levee would likely be put to the test on its one-year anniversary. The levee was designed to protect lower-lying areas in downtown Washington from overbank river flooding. In October 2014, the U.S. ArmyÃÂ ...
Philly.com (blog)
August 23, 2015
30, 2005, the water poured from the Industrial Canal, from the 17th Street Levee, and dozens of other break points, ultimately putting an estimated 80 percent of the city under water. Again, it was hard, in real time, to comprehend both what was happening in New Orleans, and why. Only years later, thanks toÃÂ ...
New York Times
May 23, 2015
NEW ORLEANS — Nearly 10 years on, one might assume that the case of Hurricane Katrina is closed. That the catastrophic flooding of this city was caused not merely by a powerful storm but primarily by fatal engineering flaws in the city's flood protection system has been proved by experts, acknowledgedÃÂ ...
NOLA.com
April 7, 2015
As Hurricane Katrina approached the city, Gothard, now 80, evacuated to Dallas. "The synagogue was just a half mile from one of the breaches in the 17th Street levee," Gothard recalls. "The force of the water broke the glass panels on either side of the main entrance doors and the water just poured into theÃÂ ...
Environment & Energy Publishing
June 14, 2013
According to the Army Corps, a 12-foot storm surge on top of the 6-foot flood stage at the base of Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown could result in as much as 4 feet of water at the base of the 17th Street levee. But based on his examinations of the Army Corps' data, Galloway estimated that during aÃÂ ...
WUSA9.com
October 14, 2016
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - A test installation of a levee has closed part of 17th Street in Northwest, D.C, Friday, according to the National ParkÃÂ ...
InTowner
March 21, 2016
... archaeological excavations as part of the construction of the 17th Street levee designed to protect central Washington built over Tiber Creek.
NBC4 Washington
November 3, 2015
... Katrina in 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accelerated construction of the long planned 17th Street levee near Constitution Avenue.
WTOP
September 30, 2015
WASHINGTON — If Hurricane Joaquin makes a break for the nation's capital, the new 17th Street levee would likely be put to the test on itsÃÂ ...
CBS News
August 28, 2015
Lands at Hammond Street Bridge to view work being done to repair 17th Street Levee that collapsed and allowed the flooding of the city.
CBS News
August 28, 2015
Lands at Hammond Street Bridge to view work being done to repair 17th Street Levee that collapsed and allowed the flooding of the city.
Philly.com (blog)
August 23, 2015
Throughout Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, the water poured from the Industrial Canal, from the 17th Street Levee, and dozens of other break points,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
May 23, 2015
Contractors for the Army Corps rebuilding the 17th Street levee in 2006. Since the storm, the corps has built a $14 billion hurricane system.
NOLA.com
April 7, 2015
"The synagogue was just a half mile from one of the breaches in the 17th Street levee," Gothard recalls. "The force of the water broke the glassÃÂ ...
Environment & Energy Publishing
June 14, 2013
Nine agencies needed to collaborate for the 17th Street levee project alone, including the Army Corps, the NCPC, the National Park Service,ÃÂ ...
InTowner
March 21, 2016
The Tiber Creek/B Street sewer briefly resurfaced in the news recently during archaeological excavations as part of the construction of the 17th Street levee designed to protect central Washington built over Tiber Creek.[13]. Photo showing the headwall ...
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