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400,000 Bathtubs' Worth of Water! Los Angeles Flood, By the Numbers

A by-the-numbers look at Tuesday's water main break in Los Angeles.
Image: One woman pulls another on a body board through water on the quad of UCLA after flooding from a broken 30-inch water main on July 29.
One woman pulls another on a body board through water on the quad of UCLA after flooding from a broken 30-inch water main on July 29. Mike Meadows / AP

By Elizabeth Chuck and Erich Bartlebaugh. Sources: Environmental Protection Agency, United States Geological Survey, NBCLosAngeles.com, The Associated Press, LATimes.com