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We have a railroad. when new orleans put up their new levy system, residents here tell me was that created a backup of water flow especially from lake pontchartrain. since that point in time they have flooded to this level twice, once in 2012 and again with hurricane ida. back to you. >> its just a tragedy there for all of the people concerned. thank you very much. with the u.s. military now gone and no diplomatic presence remaining in afghanistan, what is going to happen to the tens of thousand...

About 300 levy systems dot the landscape. you stretch the levy system in the mileage of the levies themselves and it stretches about 3200 miles. you can take it from new york city to los angeles and beyond. thats kind of the amount of coverage of levies that dot the landscape. this amount of rainfall going to put strain on the levies in this region and notice the system here as it moves across the state of mississippi on monday we expect the heavy rainfall to push north and east of the region an...

Schools led by fema and the department of homeland security. most of those parishes have new headquarters built after katrina. if you cant talk, you cant coordinate. most of those have good communications, as well as the investment thats gone into the levy system and the storm control system. we see that paying off. so the city is a lot more resilient now in that aspect than it was, but at the end of the day, you remember what happened to katrina. the levies broke, and 80% of the city flooded. s...

Assist families and i believe theres going to be some assistance for folks that need to evacuate the area after the hurricane. to evacuate the area after the hurricane-— hurricane. new orleans has suffered before, _ hurricane. new orleans has suffered before, hasnt - hurricane. new orleans has suffered before, hasnt it, l suffered before, hasnt it, with hurricane katrina? and there is a fear now that hurricane ida will test the flood defences, the infrastructure that was put in place after tha...

Down, thats a problem we have. and were going to have to figure out how to build them stronger and ive said for years, we need to figure out how to take the cell towers down during the storm and put them up after the storm is past. industry doesnt listen to me. they listen to harvard engineers. >> general, the governor says that ida is the most severe test for the levy system since katrina. it seems from all reports so far that the levy system largely held. what do you think that has meant for t...

Rainfall totals, near the top of the charts. pink contours, in excess of 12 inches. again, you look at the levy system here, you know the levy system expands quite a bit. but in the state of louisiana, there are 293 levy systems spanning 3,200 miles worth of levies that protect the state. you put that in new york city, stretch it to los angeles and it speaks to the amount of coverage and the protection set in place to try to protect the city against hurricane driven storm surge and floods. but t...

Be cleared first. power lines have to be saved. this is search and rescue day. this is get to people today and do those rescues. >> there are lives on the line today. you mentioned the lessons learned from katrina. 16 years ago. real massive investment to try to mitigate the effects of future hurricanes. in this case we saw a catastrophic blackout in new orleans. we dont know the full extent of the damage in the southern areas, but what are you making of the federal response so far? and whether ...

>> reporter: the situation isnt getting any better. i think were learning the impacts of that hurricane. hurricane ida coming in as a category 4 on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina, which was a category 3. you heard the mayor talking about the water overtopping the levies. it was a good test to see if the levy system would hold. it wasnt the water in all parts of louisiana people were worried about. it was the wind. it was being without power and, well, here we are. eight transmission l...

A relentless rain and storm surge that is coming onto the coast of louisiana. so weve been at it all day. you know, we have two systems here. we have a hurricane risk reduction system here in st. bernard parish that was built after katrina. its a levy system, that was $14 billion. that kept 99% of our population safe and it worked like it should. outside of our levy system, we have about ten feet of storm surge. totally devastated commercial fishing industry. inside of our levy system, i tell yo...

Mississippi which will see the largest storm surge. of course that is a huge concern. people remember 16 years ago today in fact, katrina, the devastation in new orleans. there was a big issue with the levees and the wall is designed to protect the city from storm surges and flooding. they really didnt work because 80% of the city was flooded with hundreds of lives lost. the big question is, will the improved levy system hold up to it? they have been strengthened but we will wait and see. this i...