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>> the storm surge was coming in from the east. my name is michael park. i was the acting chief of operations division for the new orleans district army corps of engineers. the flood wall catastrophically failed. and released a torrent of water into the lower ninth ward. in jefferson parish in the kenner communities, the parish president made a decision in the interest of the safety of the operators of the pump stations that they should be evacuated. >> i remember everybody thinking we really dodged a bullet. my name is mitch landrieu, i'm mayor of the city of new orleans. and it really wasn't...

School bus and he came down looking for us because everybody thought we were gone. >> the storm surge was coming in from the east. my name is michael park. i was the acting chief of operations division for the new orleans district army corps of engineers. the flood wall catastrophically failed. and released a torrent of water into the lower ninth ward. in jefferson parish in the kenner communities, the parish president made a decision in the interest of the safety of the operators of the pump stations that they should be evacuated. >> i remember everybody thinking we really dodged a bullet. my...

The assistant chief was in a school bus and he came down looking for us because everybody thought we were gone. >> the storm surge was coming in from the east. my name is michael park. i was the acting chief of operations division for the new orleans district army corps of engineers. the flood wall catastrophically failed. and released a torrent of water into the lower ninth ward. in jefferson parish in the kenner communities, the parish president made a decision in the interest of the safety of the operators of the pump stations that they should be evacuated. >> i remember everybody thinking ...

City. >> mayor zimmer has a clear plan to protect hoboken. >> the water came in from the south and the north. we need to really protect the city and protect from having that storm surge come in again. >> as you can see here it came up to about 4 feet or so. >> but the north end of hoboken there will be money from the rebuild by design process $230 million. a portion will go toward protecting the northern end where the water came in. part that have resist strategy is not just create a wall but do something that creates an amenity for the community. we have designed a boat house that will -- tha...

Remember, all of these storms that are producing this tremendous amount of water have to flow into the mississippi river eventually. we already have major flooding on the mississippi and now we're expecting that crest around st. louis on tuesday. close to 41 feet. that's a major flood. of course they have the flood wall to protect the city but the more rural areas are at jeopardy for flooding. a lot of farmers' fields and small towns and homes. this would be a top six all time. these records in st. louis go back over a hundred, 150 years. this is going to be a big flood event there on the miss...