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Rebuilding Levees, Rebuilding Neighborhoods
A year has passed since Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc in cities and states along the Gulf Coast. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took responsibility for the largest civil engineering disaster in American history – the collapse of the weak and outdated
It’s been a year since Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans. Now returning residents wonder if the levees that failed in that storm will protect them. Living on Earth’s Jeff Young reports on the levee repairs.