[StBernard] Plaquemines Parish levee overtopped, subdivision threatened

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Mon Sep 1 18:08:43 EDT 2008


Plaquemines Parish levee overtopped, subdivision threatened
by Andrew Vanacore, The Times-Picayune
Monday September 01, 2008, 4:43 PM
St. Bernard Parish firefighters and sheriff's deputies are rolling to a
levee overtopping in Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish. Plaquemines Parish
workers have been trying to bolster the levee along the Clearwater Canal
that is being overtopped by floodwaters that threaten the Braithwaite Park
subdivision.

Plaquemines Parish workers have been furiously working on the levee since
mid-afternoon. The levee has not breached, but authorities are not hopeful.

"We don't think our efforts are going to be successful so we need to get
everyone out now,'' Parish President Billy Nungesser said.

Meanwhile, St. Bernard Parish is sending firefighters, deputies and other
workers to the area to help with the efforts.

The canal is on the east bank of the parish. The subdivision is off
Louisiana 39. The 8-foot-tall levee is a parish levee that is not part of
the federal levee protection system, officials said.

Officials said the same levee is also being overtopped further south at
Scarsdale.



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