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Than those that it was supposed to with stand. >> the system was built and designed by the army corps of engineers. it's a system built to with stand a certain level of a storm. this storm hits at a lower level. it sends a storm surge up. the devastation we see, to this day, i think people don't get this, all of that water you saw is not from the hurricane, it is from the levee rupture, radio it? >> yeah. the co-author of one of the two university based investigations in to the disaster said if the system had performed as it was supposed to have, the most katrina would have inflicted on new or...

Is gone. you have nothing. >> reporter: the fear of dangerous flooding is spreading across the midwest to arkansas and missouri to illinois, indiana, and kentucky. emergency crews are shoring up and bracing for what some say could be record-setting flooding. and for those in the heart of the storm's path, they are struck by the weather system's fury. >> the wind picked up and you could see the trees going like in a giant blender and the house shook and glass broke and by the time it was over with. >> reporter: they say the most populated area of town is safe but they are worried with more rain...