Katrina Coverage

From "Ground Shifted Beneath Levees":
...Within days of the flooding, federal engineers asserted that the flood-control system was simply never designed for such a powerful storm.
Now, with evidence suggesting Katrina's intensity fell within the range the levees should have handled, corps spokesmen are saying the organization wants to conduct a full-scale analysis of the design and construction of the levees.
The levee system was designed to withstand a Category 3 hurricane. Katrina's winds had weakened to 125 mph by the time it reached New Orleans, consistent with a Category 3 storm, according to meteorologist Chris Landsea of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Surges from the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Pontchartrain spilled over the walls at the 17th Street Canal, London Avenue Canal and the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, say Army officials and experts at the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, which operates the city's pumping stations.