Hurricane Georges

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was
approved by Congress in 1965 after
Hurricane Betsy killed 81 people in southern Louisiana.
Hundreds of millions of dollars
has produced what may be the world's most elaborate flood
protection system, said Jim
Addison, chief of public affairs for the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' New Orleans
District, which builds and monitors the levees. The levees
along the south shore of Lake
Pontchartrain and other key areas are designed to protect
the city from a fast-moving
hurricane of Georges power. The levees work together with
channels that shift flood
waters to strong pumping stations. Then water is sent back
into the lake. But Georges is
moving slowly, meaning up to 25 inches of rain could fall
on New Orleans and the wind
could push the lake over the levees.
Hurricane Georges caused an estimated $1 billion
in insured property damage in
four Gulf Coast states. This made it the costliest
hurricane in the United States this year.,
The cost ...

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death toll higher
and higher. Poor communications in Haiti delayed reports on
deaths, injuries and
damages from the storm. Its toll has risen to 213 and is
likely to top 240, a civil defense
official said Monday. Georges is now being blamed for
killing at least 509 people across
the Caribbean, including 283 in the Dominican Republic. A
report on storm damage from
Haiti's northern district has yet to be completed, he said.
Some 30 people were reported
missing and feared dead from the storm, which struck Haiti
on Sept. 23, Deslorges said.
Most of the Haitian deaths were blamed on flooding and mud
slides in rural, mountainous
areas. For generations, Haitian ...

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