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As New Orleans awaits the arrival of Hurricane Gustav, the city's levee system has been improved in some places, but also maintains vulnerabilities it suffered during Hurricane Katrina.

SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Times-Picayune | The Washington Post - August 30, 2008

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