男友太凶猛1v1高h,大地资源在线资源免费观看 ,人妻少妇精品视频二区,极度sm残忍bdsm变态

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

2 million Americans flee Hurricane Rita
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-23 13:51

But as the rain fell, there were ominous signs it might not be enough. In the city's lower Ninth Ward, where water broke through a levee earlier this month and caused some of the worst flooding, there was standing water a foot deep in areas that were dry a day earlier.

Katrina's death toll in Louisiana rose to 832 on Thursday, pushing the body count to at least 1,069 across the Gulf Coast. But workers under contract to the state to collect the bodies were taken off the streets of New Orleans because of the approaching storm.

In southwestern Louisiana, anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 residents along the state's southwest coast were urged to evacuate and state officials planned to send in buses to take refugees, some of whom had already fled Katrina.

"Rita has Louisiana in her sights," Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said. "Head north. You cannot go east, you cannot go west. If you know the local roads that go north, take those."

As for those who refuse to leave, she said: "Perhaps they should write their Social Security numbers on their arms with indelible ink."

National Guard and medical units were put on standby. Helicopters were being positioned, and search-and-rescue boats from the state wildlife department were staged on high ground. Blanco said she also asked for 15,000 more federal troops.

The U.S. mainland has not been hit by two Category 4 storms in the same year since 1915. Katrina came ashore Aug. 29 as a Category 4.


Page: 1234



Moscow court rejects oil tycoon's appeal
Crippled plane lands safely at L.A. airport
Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi reappointed
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

Officials found reluctant to retract stakes in coal mines

 

   
 

Eyes in the sky to aid disaster relief

 

   
 

Central bank to gradually lessen forex role

 

   
 

2 million Americans flee Hurricane Rita

 

   
 

China bank gets IPO OK from HK bourse

 

   
 

176 flights cancelled for military exercise

 

   
  North Korea: US nuke negotiator may visit
   
  Texans fleeing Rita stalled by traffic
   
  Powerful cleric backs Iraq constitution
   
  EU backs down on Iran under pressure
   
  N.Korea asks UN to end humanitarian aid
   
  Bush vows to keep US troops in Iraq until job done
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 岳池县| 岳普湖县| 永宁县| 福建省| 宁武县| 万山特区| 乌鲁木齐市| 泾阳县| 和硕县| 祁连县| 宣化县| 曲沃县| 伊金霍洛旗| 八宿县| 贡觉县| 望江县| 芦山县| 江阴市| 和顺县| 左贡县| 大余县| 东丰县| 迁西县| 陇南市| 腾冲县| 衢州市| 翼城县| 舞钢市| 眉山市| 辽源市| 龙州县| 龙江县| 缙云县| 佛冈县| 永嘉县| 哈密市| 平江县| 石楼县| 孟州市| 南投市| 武穴市|