New Orleans Levees
The US Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of orchestrating the construction of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System in St. Bernard Parish. With the help of the St. Bernard Levee Partners, a limited liability corporation comprising URS Corporation, James Construction Group and the Obayashi Corporation, work is being performed to create a newly-designed risk-reduction system.
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Officials missed signs of New Orleans levee failures
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New Orleans levees sinking faster than planned
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Inside the storm surge barrier built to protect New Orleans after Katrina
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How "levee wars" are making floods worse
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Hurricane Katrina's Engineering Disaster
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How New Orleans sank below sea level (and what they're doing about it)
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Three Gorges: How 40 Billion Tons of Water Shifted the Earth’s Axis
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Can the Lower Ninth Ward ever recover from Katrina?
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Hydropower Emergency: Why We Slam the Wicket Gates Shut
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See How a 453kg Giant Bluefin Tuna Is Flawlessly Carved in Seconds
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Are New Orleans’ post-Katrina flood defenses strong enough?
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Worst Plane Landing Fails Caught on Camera
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Timeline: How New Orleans Flooded on Aug. 5, 2017
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10 years later: How the levees in New Orleans failed
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Can New Orleans Save Its Homes From Flooding Again?
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How levees fail, how we fix them
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Inside New Orleans’ Superdome Days After Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA - 8/28/2005 Escaping The Flooding Video
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Rebuilding New Orleans Infrastructure
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