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Something had to give. Just 15 short hours after the storm hit, 3 of the levies buckled under the pressure of billions of gallons of water. The water from the levies rushed into the city, in a wave more then 15 feet tall, and estimated to be moving at more then 40mph...
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With in 20 minutes more then 1/4 of the pumping stations were flooded, and unable to pump water any longer. Another short 90 minuets later, only 3 pumps remained functional. Even though functional, they were merely pumping flood waters from the city into the levy system, and from the broken levy system the waters flowed directly back into the city...
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