Hurricane Betsy

Hurricane Betsy was a powerful storm of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season, which caused enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana.

Aftermath

The Army Corps of Engineer's Hurricane Protection Program came into existence as a result of Betsy. The Corps built new levees for New Orleans that were both taller and made of stronger material, designed specifically to resist a fast-moving Category Three hurricane like Betsy. The resulting levee improvements spared the city from similar flooding in 1969 when Hurricane Camille impacted the area.

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Because of the significance of its damage, the name Betsy was retired from the recurring list of names for huricanes. It was replaced by Blanche, which was first used in 1969.

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