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title: "What occurred that caused New Orleans to flood during Hurricane Katrina?"  
description: "What occurred that caused New Orleans to flood during Hurricane Katrina?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42215/what-occurred-that-caused-new-orleans-to-flood-during-hurricane-katrina  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What occurred that caused New Orleans to flood during Hurricane Katrina?

What occurred that caused New [Orleans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41954/what-groups-helped-the-freed-slaves-who-were-living-in-new-orleans-following-the-civil-war) to flood during Hurricane Katrina?\
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