New Orleans continues to face chronic urban flooding challenges due to its low elevation, aging drainage infrastructure, and increasingly intense rain events linked to climate change. The city's drainage system, much of it designed over a century ago, struggles to manage today's rainfall volumes and runoffpatterns in neighborhoods.

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In response, community-based organizations have taken the lead in advancing resilience. 

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