20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’s levees are sinking and short on money

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By Jake BittleAug 27, 2025, 4:45 am538 ptsHotTop
It has been 20 years since New Orleans’ faulty levee system failed during Hurricane Katrina, causing a flood that claimed almost 2,000 lives and inflicted more than $150 billion in economic damage. The catastrophe was so bad that some doubted the city could continue to exist at all — the U.S. Speaker of the…

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