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cyclone
30/08/2005 18:27
A huge rescue operation is under way along the US Gulf Coast after a hurricane killed up to 80 people in a single county and swamped New Orleans. Harrison County in Mississippi bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina as it slammed into two coastal towns, Biloxi and Gulfport, before heading inland. Mississippi media earlier recorded a death toll of 54 for the state. Thirty people are said to have died in one beachfront apartment complex in Biloxi, drowned or crushed by debris. Beyond Mississippi, an Alabama road accident killed two and an unknown number of bodies were seen floating in the flood waters of New Orleans.
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