Breaks in the city's leveesystem flooded 80 percent of the city with water.
城市防洪堤系统的破坏让水淹没了整个城市的80%。
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Katrina's torrential rains and a massive storm surge proved too much for the decades-old leveesystem in New Orleans.
卡特里纳飓风带来的暴雨和海水风暴潮冲垮了新奥尔良几十年前建的围堤系统。
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Earlier this month, new Orleans voters renewed a levy tax, but officials are concerned it might not generate enough revenue to operate the new leveesystem for the long term.