There is actually on one other area protected from flooding by levees “Lake Okeechobee, Florida where the second worst hurricane disaster for life loss in US history occurred in 1928.” Over 40,000 people “live at the base of the giant Corps of Engineers earthen structure that is leaking and declared by two recent reports to be a ‘grave danger and imminent danger to the people and the
environment of South Florida.” Some of the criteria used to evaluate the vulnerability included cyclonic energy (hurricane frequency and storm intensity), levee/dike failure, storm surge and freshwater flooding potential, coastal erosion trends, island breaching history, evacuation distance and routes. The list of most vulnerable areas:
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Lake Okeechobee, Florida
- Florida Keys
- Coastal Mississippi
- Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Galveston/Houston, Texas
- Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- Eastern Long Island, New York
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida
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