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posted on April 4, 2006

Louisiana: Corps of Engineers Recommends Raising Levees in Local Parishes

Some sections of levee in the New Orleans area require little or no height adjustments, while other sections must be raised by as much as eight feet to satisfy the Army Corps of Engineers that the structures will withstand the next hurricane of the century, a corps official reported to the state's flood protection panel Monday.


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