Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans. Water began rising in the streets Tuesday morning, apparently because of a break on a levee along a canal leading to Lake Pontchartrain. New Orleans lies mostly below sea level and is protected by a network of pumps, canals and levees. Many of the pumps were not working Tuesday morning.
David J. Phillip
Associated Press
Published August 30, 2005
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