In July, the city of New Orleans cleared ditches along Deanne Street to address flooding, but one homeowner says the effort has made the problem worse.
“This isn’t the first time that the ditches have been cleared like this, and it’s not solving the problem. It’s just making a problem worse,” said Michael Carter, a homeowner on Deanne Street.
Carter explained that the water still has nowhere to go, saying, “The water can’t go nowhere.”…