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West end drainage pump spun backward

The severely weakened New Orleans drainage system performed well this week in the face of 6 to 8 inches of rain over 48 hours, but an old problem crept up in one small section of town where street flooding has been a regular occurrence. The single pump used to drain the West End section of Lakeview started spinning backwards Wednesday morning and sucked water in from Lake Pontchartrain, rather than sending the water from the streets out into the lake. The resulting bumper-high water was not an unusual sight at 35th and Center streets in the West End neighborhood. But the fact that the water appeared to rise after the rain stopped was perplexing. Weary residents wondered if Wednesday morning’s flood was a result of clogged catch basins or malfunctioning drainage pumps. Read full story: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/in...