New Orleans ordered evacuated; death toll at 110 in two Miss. counties
NEW ORLEANS - Rescuers along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast pushed aside the dead to reach the living Tuesday in a race against time and rising waters. Meanwhile, a published report said that more breaches of the city's compromised levees were expected. The city's mayor and Louisiana’s governor ordered storm refugees out of this drowning city.
In Mississippi, officials in two counties reported fatalities totaling at least 110. Katrina left 11 people dead in its soggy jog across South Florida last week, as a much weaker storm.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported late Tuesday that more canal breaches and flooding are predicted. Mayor Ray Nagin said that efforts to stop the flow of water at the breach on the 17th Street Canal are failing, which means the floodwaters were expected to rise again.
Nagin told the Times-Picayune that the waters would soon overwhelm the pump, shutting it down. He said the water will rise to 3 feet above sea level — or 12 to 15 feet in some parts of east Jefferson and Orleans parishes. [Read more]
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