United States: New Orleans braces for Tropical Storm Lee

Reuters: New Orleans, devastated by Hurricane Katrina six years ago, faced a new threat on Saturday from Tropical Storm Lee, which was set to challenge the city's flood defenses with an onslaught of heavy rain. The storm was expected to bring up to 20 inches of rain to southeast Louisiana over the next few days, including to low-lying New Orleans, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Lee's tidal surge could spur coastal flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama before drenching a large swath......

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