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Rita Breaches Levee in New Orleans

By Montag | Related entries in Breaking News

The Associated Press reports.

NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Rita’s steady rains sent water pouring through breaches in a patched levee Friday, cascading into one of the city’s lowest-lying neighborhoods in a devastating repeat of New Orleans’ flooding nightmare.

“Our worst fears came true,” said Maj. Barry Guidry of the Georgia National Guard.

“We have three significant breaches in the levee and the water is rising rapidly,” he said. “At daybreak I found substantial breaks and they’ve grown larger.”

AP: Rita Causes New Flooding in New Orleans


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One Response to “Rita Breaches Levee in New Orleans”

  1. Justin Gardner Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 12:38 am

    Heartbreaking.

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