Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez According to Zillow, New Orleans tops the list of U.S. metro areas facing the highest flood ...

Below, zoom in on your part of the U.S. to see how much of your area would have flooded if it had a similar elevation. Note that the blue outline only shows flooding in New Orleans proper ...

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually ... morning is still 10 feet lower in elevation. At about 6:50 a.m., the ...