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31/8/2005, 17:00 – 18:30
Man rescued from flooded neighbourhood, New OrleansLeft subheadline: Growing crisis in US storm city
Flood-stricken New Orleans is overwhelmed by looting, rising waters and increasingly desperate people.
31/8/2005, 18:30 – 19:55
Rescuers in New OrleansMain headline: Growing crisis in US storm city
Flood-stricken New Orleans is overwhelmed by looting, rising waters and increasingly desperate people.
31/8/2005, 19:55 – 1/9/2005, 03:10
A person is lifted to safety by a coastguard helicopter in New OrleansMain headline: 'Thousands dead' in New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina killed "hundreds, maybe thousands" of people in New Orleans, the city mayor says.