飓风卡特里娜的洪水淹没房屋仍保留为纪念物, 突显新奥尔良持续洪水风险。 A flooded house from Hurricane Katrina remains preserved as a memorial, highlighting New Orleans' ongoing flood risks.

卡特里娜飓风造成80%的新奥尔良洪水泛滥, 造成1 400人死亡。 org的Leves. org 的Sandy Rosenthal将一座淹水房屋保留为纪念物。 Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, which caused 80% of New Orleans to flood and resulted in 1,400 deaths, Sandy Rosenthal of Levees.org preserves a flooded house as a memorial. 这场灾害凸显了该市易受洪水影响的脆弱性,部分原因在于堤堤和防洪墙被破碎,2002年《时报》Picayune系列报道预示了该市易受洪灾的影响。 The disaster highlighted the city's vulnerability to flooding, partly due to broken levees and floodwalls, and was foreshadowed by a 2002 Times-Picayune series. 尽管情况有所改善,但新奥尔良仍然面临着洪水风险。 Despite improvements, New Orleans still faces flood risks.