Heavy rains flood parts of New Orleans


	Heavy rains flood parts of New Orleans

Monkfishy

10-23-2007 10:22 AM

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A story that might be missed with all the fires in California.

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                        NEW ORLEANS - The deluge of rain that flooded streets around <SPAN id="lw_1193146592_0" class="yshortcuts">New Orleans</SPAN> was predicted to ease Tuesday, a day after the downpours disrupted businesses, closed schools and swamped areas still recovering from <SPAN id="lw_1193146592_1" class="yshortcuts">Hurricane Katrina</SPAN>.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_flooding"><P>The city's drainage pumps all worked; they just couldn't keep up with the intense rainfall, emergency preparedness officials told <SPAN id="lw_1193146592_3" class="yshortcuts">The Times-Picayune</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_flooding"><P>The pumps can handle up to 1 inch of rain in the first hour and a half-inch an hour after that, but some areas got more than two inches of rain in an hour, said <SPAN id="lw_1193146592_4" class="yshortcuts">Robert Jackson</SPAN>, a spokesman for the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_flooding"><P>Despite the flooding, the rain also offered relief to parts of <SPAN id="lw_1193146592_12" class="yshortcuts">Louisiana</SPAN> that have been abnormally dry. Until Monday's drenching, rainfall for New Orleans was about 11 inches below normal for the year.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_flooding">Still, climatologists say it will take more than a few scattered storms to pull the region out of a record drought.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_flooding"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/91A7166B-3FE9-4686-B27A-493670847A54" alt="Lauren Robinson from New Orleans walks through the water in the uptown area of New Orleans on her way to study in a coffeehouse Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. Bands of heavy rain flooded streets and threatened homes and businesses in New Orleans and the surrounding suburbs Monday. The rain caused traffic jams and forced police to close some roads. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_flooding"><DIV class="chunk" id="vplyrcnt">
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