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Nearly every levee in metro new orleans breached as hurricane katrina passed east of the city, subsequently flooding 80% of the city and many areas of neighboring parishes for weeks. By the time the storm had passed, the majority of the. Nearly every levee in metro new orleans breached as hurricane katrina passed east of the city, subsequently flooding 80% of the city and many areas of neighboring parishes for weeks. Gulf coast in august 2006.