Katrina: Thousands may be dead

The frightening prediction came as army engineers struggled to plug New Orleans' breached levees with giant sandbags and concrete barriers, while authorities drew up plans to move about 25 000 storm refugees out of the city to Houston in a huge bus convoy and all but abandon flooded-out New Orleans.

Not counting the dead

The Pentagon, meanwhile, began mounting one of the largest search-and-rescue operations in US history.

- News24.com

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