Flooding Swamps

New Orleans—A storm swamped New Orleans streets and paralyzed traffic on July 10 as concerns grew that even worse weather was on the way: a possible hurricane that could strike the Gulf Coast and raise the Mississippi River to the brim of the city’s protective levees.

New Orleans—A storm swamped New Orleans streets and paralyzed traffic on July 10 as concerns grew that even worse weather was on the way: a possible hurricane that could strike the Gulf Coast and raise the Mississippi River to the brim of the city’s protective levees.