While Hurricane Isaac pushed water over a rural levee and flooded some Plaquemines Parish homes early today, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials say New Orleans’ flood protection system is holding up so far, noting the rural levee is not a part of the $14.5 billion system built to protect New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. Wind gusts reaching as high as 75 mph and sheets of rain pelted New Orleans, where people braced themselves for the storm behind levees that were strengthened after Category 3 Katrina hit seven years ago to the day. “The system is performing as intended, as we expected; we don’t see any issues with the hurricane system at this point,” says corps spokeswoman Rachel Rodi, adding that it will remain on “high alert” for the next 12 to 24 hours. Read the full story here.
Army Corps of Engineers: N.O. levees holding up
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