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After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees Are Sinking
The $14 billion network of levees and floodwalls that was built to protect greater New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was a seemingly invincible bulwark against flooding. But now, 11 months after the Army Corps of Engineers completed one of the largest public works projects in world history, the agency says the system will stop providing adequate protection in as little as four years because of rising sea levels and shrinking levees.
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Farewell to Dr. John, Wherever You Is Now
Even in a city of characters, he stood out, wrapped in his own language. “You speak Spanish?” a journalist asked him. “No, man,” he said. “I don’t even speak English.” By Brian Cullman.
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Photos: Preparing for “Yardi Gras” in New Orleans
A collection of images of this year’s socially distant “Yardi Gras,” as New Orleanians prepare for Mardi Gras on February 16