A city under water
By Tuesday morning, Aug. 30, 2005, two levees had been breached and 80 percent of the city was submerged in water up to 20 feet deep. An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people remained in the city - on roofs, at the Superdome and near the city's convention center.
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