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Levees Can't Save New Orleans From Floods - Report [1]

Bigger, higher and stronger levees cannot save New Orleans from the worst floods and the city remains vulnerable to a repeat of Hurricane Katrina, the National Academy of Sciences said on Friday.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2009
Planet Ark (Australia) [2]
Tags:
Mississippi [3], Natural Disasters [4], Floods [5], Hurricanes [6]
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