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Updated: 6:11 p.m. EDT (22:11 GMT), August 29, 2005
Life-threatening flooding next fear
Cars in a parking lot in Mobile, Alabama, are surrounded by water caused by storm surge.

Life-threatening flooding next fear

  • Katrina hit Mississippi 'like a ton of bricks"
  • Oil rig breaks loose, hits Mobile River bridge
  • Katrina weakening but still Category 1 with 75 mph winds
  • "Life-threatening storm surge flooding" occuring
  • Parts of six Louisiana parishes "devastated"
  • New Orleans: No sewage, water, power or gas

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