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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has invested $14.45 billion in bolstering New Orleans' defenses against storms, and there is a consensus that the city's protection now is better than they were on 29 August 2005, when Katrina made landfall, and its 8.5-meter surge went on to overpower a poorly constructed and poorly connected levees and flood walls
Are New Orleans' storm defenses strong enough?
Seeded on Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:35 PM EDT
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