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1.For a number of years experts had been warning the nation that a severe hurricane could drown New Orleans, built six feet below the sea level.
2. On August 29, 2005 their warnings came true.
3. When the flood started, the government claimed that they were controling the situation.
4.The mayor Ray Nagin said that two years before the US government had cut funds to improve flood defences in New Orleans.
5.President George Bush said on a visit to the devastated area that the government were/was working on the problem.
6.By that time the president already had promised $5 billion in aid to those in need, and to begin rebuilding.
7.By September 4, the Pentagon had carried out a massive search-and-rescue operation for three days.
8.At the same time politicians were discussing the future of the city.
9.They showed on TV that after the hurricane New Orleans' sports arena had become shelter for 20,000 people.
10.Soon it became clear that the federal government's response been too slow.