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Article: A CITY IN RUINS: WATER STILL RISING IN NEW ORLEANS\ GULF COAST A SCENE FROM A NIGHTMARE.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2005
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Byline: Brett Martel Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS -- Along the Gulf Coast, there was simply no time even to count the dead. Engineers scrambled to plug two broken New Orleans levees, and rescuers searched for survivors clinging to both hope and rooftops as the swirling, tea-colored water continued to rise.
The flooding in New Orleans grew worse by the minute Tuesday, prompting Gov. Kathleen Blanco to say that everyone still in the city, now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers, needs to leave. She said she wanted the Superdome evacuated within two days, but it was still unclear where the people would go.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ...