Still, the storm surge was both stronger and earlier than expected, apparently coming through waterways southeast of the city, said Col. Richard Wagenaar, the Army Corps of Engineers' district chief in New Orleans.
Still, the storm surge was both stronger and earlier than expected, apparently coming through waterways southeast of the city and rising higher than ever.
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