8/29/2005

Katrina: Breach in Superdome Roof

SuperDome roof begins to cave in where people have fled from Hurricane Katrina. 1/12 of roof affected if the dome were sliced into a pie, says CNN correspondent. Watch Video: Breach in Superdome roof

Miles O'Brien's blog of storm

On post reads: [On "American Morning"] I will speak with Ivor van Heerden, deputy director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center and director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes.
Among the things he told our producer: "We're talking about in essence having -- in the continental U.S. -- having a refugee camp of a million people." We're talking about an incredible environmental disaster." "We may be about to experience our equivalent of the Asian tsunami. Floodwaters will carry with them toxic waste."

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