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"Earthen levees are extensively used to protect the population and infrastructure from periodic floods and high water due to storm surges. The causes of failure of levees include overtopping, surface erosion, internal erosion, and slope instability. Overtopping may occur during …
"Earthen levees are extensively used to protect the population and infrastructure from periodic floods and high water due to storm surges. The causes of failure of levees include overtopping, surface erosion, internal erosion, and slope instability. Overtopping may occur during …
"Earthen levees are extensively used to protect the population and infrastructure from periodic floods and high water due to storm surges. The causes of failure of levees include overtopping, surface erosion, internal erosion, and slope instability. Overtopping may occur during …
New Orleans hurricane protection system: assessing pre-Katrina vulnerability and improving…
by National Research Council (U.S.)., Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council (U.S.)., Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects, National Research Council (U.S.)., Division on Physical and Engineering Systems, National Research Council (U.S.)., Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment
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Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation's most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established a task force to assess the performance.
