CNN.com - New Orleans under tropical storm warning - Sep 22, 2005
CNN.com - New Orleans under tropical storm warning - Sep 22, 2005: "NEW ORLEANS (CNN) -- Metropolitan New Orleans was included in a tropical storm warning Thursday, as the Army Corps of Engineers fretted over how much rain the city's fragile levees could take.
The National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Rita, a Category 4 storm, could dump as much as 3 inches of rain on the New Orleans area -- an amount that could overwhelm the levee system, the Army Corps said.
'Right now, it's a wait and see and hope for the best,' said Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Mitch Frazier. He added that the latest forecast brought renewed urgency to efforts to shore up levees with sandbags and bring in more portable pumps.
The city has a 50 percent to 60 percent chance of experiencing tropical storm-force winds -- above 39 mph -- and could get 3-foot to 5-foot storm surges, Mayor Ray Nagin said."
The National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Rita, a Category 4 storm, could dump as much as 3 inches of rain on the New Orleans area -- an amount that could overwhelm the levee system, the Army Corps said.
'Right now, it's a wait and see and hope for the best,' said Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Mitch Frazier. He added that the latest forecast brought renewed urgency to efforts to shore up levees with sandbags and bring in more portable pumps.
The city has a 50 percent to 60 percent chance of experiencing tropical storm-force winds -- above 39 mph -- and could get 3-foot to 5-foot storm surges, Mayor Ray Nagin said."
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