This story, headlined "Corps never pursued design doubts," was originally published Dec. 30, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's ...
The Salton Sea, the largest lake in California, was never supposed to exist. In the early 1900s engineers attempted to divert water from the Colorado River into the Imperial Valley using the Alamo ...