Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Houses in New Orleans, Louisiana

Houses in New Orleans, Louisiana with water at the level of their eves have only roofs visible one week after Hurricane Katrina went through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama September 5, 2005. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed a major gap in the New Orleans levees battered by Hurricane Katrina and is pumping water from the flooded city, an agency spokesman said on Monday. The Corps has estimated it will take as long as 80 days to get rid of the floodwaters. REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson