Harricane Katrina hits US
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-01 09:32

Hundreds of people wait to be rescued from the flooded Days Inn hotel in New Orleans East August 31, 2005. Authorities struggled on Wednesday to evacuate thousands of people from hurricane-battered New Orleans as food and water grew scarce and looters raided stores, while U.S. President George W. Bush said it would take years to recover from the devastation. [Reuters]

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