Grand Isle levee under repair post Ida

A view of the damage caused by Hurricane Ida to Grand Isle five days after it hit, Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Sept 3. Every home reported damage, with around 40-50% of those homes being completely destroyed. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh)
The Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade is working non-stop to fill a breached levee in Grand Isle. Grand Isle is Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, with a little more than 1,000 occupants. The people there are no strangers to the damaging effects of hurricanes. On average, the town is impacted by tropical storms and hurricanes every 2.68 years and is directly hit, on…

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