Columbus, IN. Online Offers. Columbus ( /kÉlÊmbÉs/) is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 44,061 at the 2010 census, and the current mayor is Fred Armstrong.
In 1951, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of the New Orleans Mississippi River Floodwall under the Dumaine Street Wharf. Between 1973 and 1992, 15 major sections were built at a cost of $30 million.
Warwick Kidd, a Fire and Rescue NSW superintendent, also compared the scale of the flood disaster to the Boxing Day tsunami and was surprised the number of those killed in the floods was not higher.mergency service personnel return to Sydney. HARDENED NSW fire and rescue personnel returning from Queensland have compared the devastation caused by the floods to the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.