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Archive Home > 2012 > June > 15 > Vast defenses now shield New Orleans

Vast defenses now shield New Orleans

By John Schwartz / The Bulletin
June 15, 2012

NEW ORLEANS — Finally, there is a wall around this city.

Nearly seven years after floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina gushed over New Orleans, $14.5 billion worth of civil works designed to block such surges are now in place — a 133-mile chain of levees, flood walls, gates and pumps too vast to....

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