New Orleans floods recede, fires hurt rescue
6th Sep 2005, 20:55 GMT
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Engineers pumped flood waters out of the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday, although fires raging across the devastated city hindered efforts to find those who survived Hurricane Katrina and the thousands feared dead in a disaster that has shaken America.
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