Did termites help Katrina destroy New Orleans floodwalls?
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 13:07
in Health & Medicine
Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, people still speculate over causes of the destruction of the city's floodwall system. A new article in the fall issue of American Entomologist (Vol. 54, No. 3) suggests that Formosan subterranean termites played a large role.
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