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High water mark
Dr Hassan Mashriqui from the LSU Hurricane Center uses the high water mark left on buildings across New Orleans to find out how deep the floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina were at their peak. His measurements are important because they will help him to work out the accuracy of his computer model predictions and possibly improve future hurricane damage forecasts.
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