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A worker watches the water flow out of a 30-inch pipe that pumps out 27,000 gallons of water per minute in Metairie, La., Tuesday. Water is now being pumped out of the city after officials repaired a broken flood wall.

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Water is pumped out of a flooded Metairie, La., subdivision Tuesday through a 30-inch pipe that pumps out 27,000 gallons of water per minute.

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Water is pumped out Tuesday to the Metairie Outfall Canal as repairs continue along the levee, which broke during Hurricane Katrina along the city border of Metairie and New Orleans.

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Water is pumped out to the Metairie Outfall Canal as repairs continue Tuesday along the levee, which broke during Hurricane Katrina along the city border of Metairie and New Orleans. A week after Hurricane Katrina swept through, engineers plugged the levee break that had swamped much of the city, and floodwaters began to recede.

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Water is pumped out to the Metairie Outfall Canal after repairs to the levee were completed Tuesday in Metairie near New Orleans.