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.
Even though the storm surge was both stronger and earlier than expected, apparently coming through waterways southeast of the city, it was not the biggest storm ever.
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