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Ami Bera: “Robert Bea, professor of engineering at the University of California-Berkeley, warns in terms of damage, deaths, and…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
Robert Bea, professor of engineering at the University of California-Berkeley, warns in terms of damage, deaths, and long-term costs, a rupture of the delta levees would be far more destructive than what happened in Hurricane Katrina.
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Ami Bera
Democratic · California

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Bera cites an expert warning about the catastrophic potential of levee failure.

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