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NASA Simulation: New Orleans Underwater

Tracking how increasing flood levels would impact the city; Some areas were submerged by as much as 10 feet -- about 3 meters -- after parts of the levee system broke Tuesday

SOURCE: NASA/JPL/NGA | washingtonpost.com