Flooding after Hurricane Katrina (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

Flooding after Hurricane Katrina

Caption

Millions of people live behind levees in the United States, and historically underserved and socially vulnerable populations disproportionately live in levee-protected areas, putting them at increased flood risk, as in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2011.

Credit

NOAA

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No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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