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South Florida levees: Upgrades on the way

New federal standards prompted by Hurricane Katrina's flooding of New Orleans will likely require costly repairs of South Florida's vast system of levees. That includes the East Coast Protection Levee that keeps the Everglades from flooding Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.


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POSTED IN: Cindy Jones-Hulfachor (46), Environment (52)

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