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11:58 am August 29, 2005: ABC News Reports New Orleans Levee Breach

2005-08-29 11:58 am

An ABC News Special Report indicates that as Katrina pounded New Orleans this morning, a levee was breached in the downtown area, and that pumps (intended to pump water out of the city) failed when the power went out. (ABC News does not identify the location of the breach.) [ABC, 8/29/2005]