New Orleans tops a new list of the ten U.S. mainland areas most vulnerable to hurricanes put out by the International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University.
The entire East and Gulf Coasts are subject to hurricane impacts, but some areas are much more vulnerable than others according to the Center's “10 Most Vulnerable US Mainland Areas to Hurricanes,”
With the protective levees of this below-sea level city being in little better shape than when Hurricane Katrina flooded 80 percent of the area last year, New Orleans still remains the area with the greatest threat of windstorm damage.
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