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Tropical depression Tweleve formed over the southeastern Bahamas at 5:00 pm
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the eye of Katrina reaches the Gulf of Mexico
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evacution needed for New Orleans
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Homeland Security became aware that New Orleans levee breaches could not hold
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The U.S. Senate passed relief package
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Bush signs the $10.5 billion relief package after Congress passed it
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25,548 Army National Guard and 3,998 Air National Guard were deployed (28,546 total).
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The evacuation of the Superdome has been completed. 29,588 Army National Guard and 4,596 Air National Guard were deployed
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The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Street_Canallevee breach was closed with truckloads of rock and sandbags. The canal reopened so that it could be used to pump water out of city. 33,608 Army National Guard and 6,613 Air National Guard were deployed (40,221 total
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Congress approvSeptember 15, 2005
President Bush addresses the nation from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Square,_New_OrleansNew Orleans,
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The official death toll was raised to 1,036, with 63 additional deaths recognized in Louisiana
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To date, approximately 1.5 million people were evacuated from the damaged areas in Louisiana, roughly 1 million have applied for hurricane-related federal aid, 30,000 are in out-of-state shelters, 46,400 are in in-state shelters and 972 people have perished in the storm.
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Work in progress
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