Rebuilding Levees, Rebuilding Neighborhoods
It’s been a year since Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans. Now returning residents wonder if the levees that failed in that storm will protect them. Living on Earth’s Jeff Young reports on the levee repairs.
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