Hurricane Katrina: Why Did the Levees Fail? - Senate
III. Hurricane Katrina: Why Did the Levees Fail? A. The Levee Failures Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophic storm that made landfall in the Gulf Coast near the Louisiana and Mississippi border with wind speeds near 150 mph. But the damage in New Orleans due to the high winds and rain paled in comparison to the devastation resulting from the ...
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