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On June 11, 2023, a tanker truck carrying 8,500 US gallons (32,000 L; 7,100 imp gal) of 87-octane gasoline rolled over during an accident while coming off of Interstate 95 and exploded. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Transportation Secretary Michael B. Carroll later stated that the driver had been attempting to navigate a northbound curve and lost control of the ...
Six Flags New Orleans is an abandoned theme park located near the intersection of Interstate 10 and Interstate 510 in New Orleans. [3] It first opened as Jazzland in 2000, and a leasing agreement was established with Six Flags in 2002 following the previous operator's bankruptcy proceedings. [ 4 ]
Eventually, 30,000 arrived at the Superdome before they were evacuated. By August 31, eighty percent (80%) of the city of New Orleans was flooded by Hurricane Katrina, with some parts of the city under 20 feet (6.1 m), of water. Over 50 breaches in region's levee system were cataloged, five of which resulted in massive flooding of New Orleans.
The Interstate 95 closure has come to an end, nearly 30 hours after a crash brought the East Coast’s main north-south road to a halt and stranded drivers. I-95 closure in Virginia ends after ...
Drivers in Virginia were stranded for hours on I-95 after a collision involving six tractor-trailers caused a 50-mile backup in snow and freezing temperatures. Video is courtesy of WJLA-TV.
Drivers have been stranded for more than 15 hours on a major interstate in Virginia after the first mid-Atlantic storm of the year dumped more than a foot of snow on the region.
The 17th Street Canal levee was breached on the lower (New Orleans West End) side inland from the Old Hammond Highway Bridge, and the London Avenue Canal breached in two places, on the upper side just back from Robert E. Lee Boulevard, and on the lower side a block in from the Mirabeau Avenue Bridge. Flooding from the breaches put the majority ...
Pontchartrain Beach was an amusement park located in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain.It was founded by Harry J. Batt Sr. (grandfather of American actor Bryan Batt) and later managed and owned by his sons, Harry J. Batt Jr. and John A. Batt.