Since Saint Helena has a Levee we should educate ourselves about what levees can and can’t do. This link will take you directly to the Army Corps data on the Saint Helena Flood Protection Project Levee.
This short 6 minute How “levee wars” are making floods worse will greatly help in your understanding of levees.
Army Corps of Engineers brochure on So you Live Behind a Levee
So you live Behind a Leeve 2.25 minute video
The Hundred Year Flood Myth Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency
ONE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD: Risk Assessment, Not a Timeline Check out this explanation by the Water Education Foundation.