Flood Control
Levees, seawalls, drainage, elevation, and other systems built to keep destructive water out of populated places.
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Investigations
They Buried the Dead Apart
In 1928, hurricane winds drove Lake Okeechobee through a low dike, killing at least 2,500 people. The graves and the 143-mile dike still remain.
They Lifted the City
After the 1900 hurricane killed thousands, Galveston built a seawall—then raised streets, utilities, homes and churches while pumping millions of cubic yards of sand beneath the city.