Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161006:17:30:00
>> it was, but in the gulf of mexico, it was a category 5. so when bay st. louis and pass christian and biloxi got blasted with the 25-foot wall of water, thats what all the damage came from. the water came up lake pontchartrain, failed on the levees on the back side, not the river side, on the back side where lake pontchartrain is attached to new orleans and thats where new orleans flooded. so the surge came from the previous strength of the storm when it was in the loop current, before it lowe...
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