New Orleans braced for hurricane

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 @ 00:40

by a staff reporter

THOUSANDS of people have fled from New Orleans as a hurricaneapproaches the US city, exactly seven years after the region wasdevastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Isaac is said to be less powerful than HurricaneKatrina, but it has already killed at least 24 people in Haiti andthe Dominican Republic, and has gained strength, to become acategory-one hurricane, as it made its slow journey across to theUS.

President Obama has declared an emergency in the states ofMississippi and ...

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