CNN CNN Newsroom Live January 3, 2016 09:24:00
Because we saw this super event that took place between december 26th and the 28th that produced about 250 millimeters of rainfall or just about -- between 200 357bd 00 millimeters or just about 10 inches of rainfall. it was devastating. but only about 5% of the city remains vulnerable to the floodwaters. then we have this. the levee. this is on the illinois side. that structure that you see, that is the levee that was overtopped yesterday and that constant erosion of water allowed this to breach. a lot of private land and farmland is vulnerable. those levees now will not protect those suburbs...
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