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Science 11 November 2005:
Vol. 310. no. 5750, pp. 953 - 955
DOI: 10.1126/science.310.5750.953
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HURRICANE KATRINA:
Levees Came Up Short, Researchers Tell Congress

Eli Kintisch

The most common explanation for the failure of the levees protecting New Orleans has been that they simply weren't built to withstand a storm of Hurricane Katrina's ferocity. But several teams of engineers told a Senate panel last week that poor design or construction bears much of the blame.

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