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Thousands of people were fleeing the southern US city of New Orleans yesterday as Hurricane Katrina bore down with winds up to 175mph and threat of a massive storm surge.
City mayor Ray Nagin ordered an immediate evacuation for the entire city of 485,000 sitting below sea level.See the full content of this document
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Katrina Forces Mass Evacuation of New Orleans
Acknowledging that large numbers of people, many of them stranded tourists, would be unable to leave before the eye of the storm strik...
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