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 WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal coordinator for Gulf Coast recovery efforts said Monday he will focus on ensuring the region's levees are stronger than they were before Hurricane Katrina — but can't offer assurances that they could withstand another storm of that size.
Donald Powell said he may not be able to quantify how long-term recovery efforts are progressing for at least eight months in the devastated region that he compared to a war zone. But he said he and local authorities need to focus first on security — making sure that levees can withstand another huge storm.
"I think New Orleans and Louisiana need to be safe," Powell said in an interview with The Associated Press.
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