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August 29 at 12:44 am
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New Orleans plans to begin evacuations 65 hours before the expected arrival of tropical-force winds. Private relief agencies were preparing to deliver water, showers, chain-saw teams and mobile kitchens with a capacity to serve 300,000 to 400,000 meals a day. - Mitchell Tsai
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Of those 350 miles of levees and floodwalls, about 220 miles have been repaired, heightened or strengthened in the past three years. Congress authorized a total of $12.8 billion to rebuild levees and floodwalls damaged by Katrina. But only $3 billion has been spent. The remaining amount includes $7.6 billion that Congress provided this year. - Mitchell Tsai