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New Orleans-area residents who lived through Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent mass flooding — much of it due to what turned out to be faulty federal levees and floodwalls —
Gov. Jeff Landry has decided against appointing a renowned civil engineering expert to the board of a New Orleans area levee authority, raising concerns that reforms following Hurricane Katrina to
Gov. Jeff Landry has decided against appointing a renowned civil engineering expert to the board of a New Orleans area levee authority, raising concerns that reforms following Hurricane Katrina to