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Hurricane Katrina exploited and forever altered the landscape of Louisiana. As reconstruction gets underway in New Orleans, scientists are looking at the underlying foundation of the levees and the surrounding wetlands for answers to what went wrong, and
As construction gets underway to repair the levees of New Orleans, much is being learned about what went wrong and what’s to be improved for future hurricane protection in the city. Molly Peterson reports.