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When hurricane katrina hit in 2005. 1,800 people died back then. the authorities invested heavily in flood defences afterwards. these levees — or defence walls — were crucial, this time round. chris mccrory a reporter for the new orleans station wwltv. in new orleans especially, the levees help, thats one of the biggest concerns, and one of the biggest concerns, and one of the biggest questions we had, we thought they would and they did. we spent $1.a billion and storing —— —— mr lim...

Stayed home. hes riding out the storm on his 47 football, and hes joining us now live from louisiana. mr. rogers thank you for joining, us first the obvious question, how are you? >> fine, much better than we were today. tell us about the storm and tell us, did it hit is hard you had anticipated it might? >> i didnt think it was going to be this bed, i dont even know what to call it, it was a monster. its absolute detached devastation in south louisiana. >> have you been able to see? much wouldv...

Good deal, but i hear meteorologists are saying it could potentially be even worse? , , ., could potentially be even worse? , ., could potentially be even worse? ., . worse? yes, you are correct, because — worse? yes, you are correct, because as — worse? yes, you are correct, because as it — worse? yes, you are correct, because as it drops _ worse? yes, you are correct, because as it drops in - worse? yes, you are correct, because as it drops in its - because as it drops in its intensity, ...

My thoughts are, this is a dangerous storm. when hurricane katrina hit, and a poignant anniversary, 16 years ago, hurricane katrina hit new orleans, it hit as a category 3. this hit as a category 4. now as you mentioned downgraded to a 3. the thing about katrina, it stuck for a while, it was slow. the flooding inundated new orleans because the levees did not hold. a lot of improvement has been made in that area. to the levee system, by army corps of engineers and others, a lot of changes, howeve...

Im wondering how that process has been in the people youre working -- or have been working on because i talked to a lot of people, a number of former service members who were trying to get out, former translators and stuff for years and said with the last administration and this administration, the whole process, it seemed like it was being slow walked. >> so both of those statements are true. there have been cases weve been working for years, and youre getting the message from the state departm...

Administration and this sfrgz, the whole process, it seemed like it was being slow walked. >> so both of those statements are true. there have been cases weve been working for years, and youre getting the message from the state department this person from through the cracks or finally we were able to just get them through because all of a sudden it hit in an emergency situation. cases wed been working like i said literally through two administrations. and there were cases veterans brought to us ...

Cnnheroes.com. ♪ ♪ at the end of the day, if we didnt leave afghanistan now, when do we leave? >> i have to say inside the air field is a great deal of nervousness indeed because as the pentagon has been saying, theyre insisting the islamic state, there is active intelligence that they are posing a threat. >> the threat is real. it is acute. it is persistent. tropical storm henri hits the east coast bringing heavy rain to already water logged areas, plus, deadly flooding and central to t...

Urge people this is a sunday, its a family day, stay home. this is a good day to spend time with the pamly -- family and allow the national gander first respond -- national guard and first responders to respond as needed. benjamin: do you feel suffolk county is better suited to handle this kind of a storm than it used to be? >> the thing that happens when you go through storms like this and you never want to, you never want to experience them, but what they do bring is the kind of experience tha...

Sunday. >> janessa, its up to you. within 30 hours conditions are expected to get really rough where you are right now. >> reporter: yeah, kendis. before that, you have these outer bands that are going to be impacting the area. what youre about to see is a historic and yet troubling event. we havent seen it hit in new england since 1985. whats also troubling, in 1985, we saw the track of henri make its way across the carolinas, and we did have that double landfall. so a familiar track that were ...

This already impoverished region in the south—west of the country. the earthquake hit in the morning, when many werejust waking earthquake hit in the morning, when many were just waking up. it hit hard. it rocked churches, hotels and homes. the shaking hours too much for structures that collapsed in on themselves, sometimes on top of people. houses that were supposed to be places of safety, transformed into death traps. haste be places of safety, transformed into death traps.— be places of s...