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ShareIn 2005, as a result of Hurricane Katrina, there were extensive failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana and surrounding communities.
There were also extensive subsequent investigations by civil engineers to attempt to identify the underlying reasons for the failures.
For more information about the topic Levee failures in Greater New Orleans, 2005, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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