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Hurricane Katrina left 80 percent of New Orleans underwater after wrecking one of the most extensive systems of levees in the country. Why did these barriers fail?
What exactly is a levee?A levee, one of the oldest and most widely used methods of flood control, is simply a raised embankment built along a body of water. Levees are usually made by piling earth, stones, and other
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