'A DESPERATE SOS'











Mayor: We are out of resources

Conditions at New Orleans convention center are described as "unsanitary and unsafe."




Mayor: We are out of resources



  • New Orleans mayor issues "desperate SOS"
  • Hospital halts evacuation after sniper fire, doctor says
  • Huge crowd stranded at New Orleans convention center
  • Citizens holed up in high-rises throng to buses
  • Mississippi death toll rising


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