Residents have long on an extensive system of earthen and concrete barriers, called levees, lining Pontchartrain and the Mississippi to keep high waters front spilling into the low-lying city.

Flooded! How one southern city was destined for disaster by Adams, Jacqueline / Science World

Researchers have linked cholera outbreaks to high waters along the coast of Bangladesh, where sea level rises during the annual monsoon.

Calcium makes germs cluster: ion dilution leads cholera bacteria to ... by Harder, B. / Science News

Caption: (Top) This sailboat in Colonial Beach, VA, was high and dry on the hard before record high waters swept it away, depositing it on the marina's dock.

After the storm by BOAT/U.S. Magazine

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