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Army Corps Liable for New Orleans Flooding
December 7, 2009 | Earth Magazine

An article at EarthMagazine.org summarizes the case in which the Army Corps of Engineers was found liable for some flood damages in New Orleans that resulted from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.


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