New Orleans(Geology)
...ve an increase in water damage. In the article they did not mention subsidence. Subsidence is the sinking of the earth’s crust, which is caused by the weight of sediment accumulating in one place. Around the city of New Orleans there is a large amount of sediment accumulating due to dredging and damming. This is one major reason for the sinking of the city of New Orleans. Scientist and city planners are most concerned about the threat of a hurricane of other severe storm to cause mass flooding. They are afraid that it will leave the city underwater and kill a large number of people. To keep New Orleans dry there is a series of pumps, dikes, and levees. They are constantly being maintained and regulated by the Corps of Engineers. The Corps of Engineers has built on the southern levee twenty miles west of New Orleans, a structure that has two large steel gates to help control the flow of water during floods and drough...