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Levee breaches in the federally built Hurricane Protection System and the resulting flooding that occurred on August 29, 2005 in the New Orleans vicinity On Monday, August 29, 2005, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana , and its suburbs following passage of Hurricane Katrina .
The leader of an independent levee investigation accused the upper levels of the corps of unethical behavior pertaining to its investigation of the levee failures in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. [6] There are several cases of the corps being accused of muzzling expert investigators.
Recovery of New Orleans was seen as a three-phase process: first and most immediate, to unwater the city and assess flood protection. Second, to provide an interim level of protection to get the city through hurricane season and later high water, and over the long-term, to return the system to pre-hurricane conditions.
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