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June 15, 2007
Engineer
Outlines New Floodwall Designs in New Orleans
Slide Show: To better protect New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers
used new techniques to build a stronger flood control system for
the city inundated during Hurricane Katrina. One such effort focused
on the Industrial Canal, which experienced two breaches during
the 2005 floods. Col. Jeff Bedey of the Hurricane Protection Office
explains the new floodwalls.
-- Online NewsHour
June 12, 2006
Costly
Levee Repairs May Be Inadequate
In the first month of a new hurricane season, the Army Corps of
Engineers has completed almost $800 million in repairs to the
New Orleans levee system -- repairs some say still leave the battered
city vulnerable.
-- NewsHour
April 7, 2006
Estimates
of Louisiana Levee Repairs Continue to Rise
The
president's coordinator for Gulf Coast recovery, Donald Powell,
announced last week that the Army Corps of Engineers needs an
additional $6 billion -- more than twice the amount Congress granted
it -- to make Louisiana's levees strong enough to meet the standards
of the federal flood insurance program.
-- NewsHour
March 29, 2006
Students
on Break Learn Life Lessons From Mississippi Recovery Effort
An organization called Hands on Network has brought students
from a $35,000-per-year-tuition prep school in New Jersey to Biloxi,
Miss. to help gut homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
-- NewsHour
February 16, 2006
Rebuilding
of New Orleans Levees Sparks Engineering Debate
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues its work to
rebuild the levees in New Orleans to pre-Hurricane Katrina levels
before the storm season begins again in June. But some scientists
are questioning whether the Corps is focusing on returning the
levees to the same strength of those that failed.
Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the engineering and
economic debate raging along the stretch of one levee known as
"Mr. Go".
-- NewsHour
December 15, 2005
White
House Vows to Build Levees Higher and Stronger
The U.S. government pledged to spend more than $3.1 billion to
rebuild the New Orleans levee system that failed after Hurricane
Katrina struck, flooding the city and destroying thousands of
homes.
-- NewsHour
November 11, 2005
Louisiana Officials Consider Consolidation of Levee Boards
Video:
Louisiana's vast system of levees is overseen by 24 locally elected
boards that make policy for their districts. Some of the state's
levee boards have been criticized for corruption and cronyism,
and many state officials, including Gov. Kathleen Blanco, have
called for their consolidation so the state can speak with one
voice on levees. Legislators and local officials, however, have
voiced concerns of losing effective levee district systems while
trying to weed out the bad. "This State We're In" reports
on the issue and looks at one levee district that stayed high
and dry during the storms.
-- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
October 20, 2005
Army
Corps Launches Levee Investigation
The Army Corps of Engineers has launched an independent investigation
into the levee breaches in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina
in an unprecedented effort to learn why the structures failed.
Betty Ann Bowser of the Science Unit reports on the levee failures
and what the Army Corps plans to do.
-- NewsHour
September 30, 2005
Corps of Engineers, Government Leaders Look to Levee Repair
Video:
Promises to rebuild New Orleans may hinge on the ability to reconstruct
the region's levee system to be able to withstand another major
storm. LPB's "The State We're In" looks at why the levees
failed and the challenges engineers will face when rebuilding
them.
-- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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