Source: Mandy Mitchell, WRAL, 2/18/20

 New research out of North Carolina State University is showing how the United States' aging levee system could have hidden dangers inspectors may not be able to see. Researchers chose to use the levee in Princeville as a case study. Princeville was nearly destroyed during Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and suffered heavy damage during Hurricane Matthew in 2016.

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