| Soldiers worked through the night to repair a floodwall that had burst, sending water gushing through the city. |
| But one big exception is Davenport, Iowa, which has the dubious distinction of being the largest town on the upper Mississippi without a proper floodwall. |
| Construction of a floodwall and rainwater pumping system at the airport's west end electrical substation and lighting vault. |
| Stretching longer than a football field, the floodwall will be all that stands between downtown DC and inundation. |
| The storm surge created by Katrina was massive, the levees failed catastrophically, and officials had neglected floodwall maintenance for decades. |
| It was built on the lot where the couple's previous home stood, before it was ruined when the floodwall along the 17th Street Canal a few blocks away broke and the water rose nearly to the top of the front door. |
