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President Bush to Visit US Gulf Coast; Cleanup, Recovery Continues
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Visit will be Mr. Bush's third trip to area since devastating storm
hit nearly two weeks ago





George W. BushPresident Bush will visit the U.S. Gulf Coast Sunday as
the region continues to clean-up from Hurricane Katrina.

The visit will be Mr. Bush's third trip to the area since the
devastating storm hit nearly two weeks ago.

Cleanup and recovery efforts in New Orleans are showing signs of
progress. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers now says it will take 40
days to pump the floodwaters out of the city, cutting its original
estimate in half.

The city's Louis Armstrong International Airport will reopen to
passenger traffic on Tuesday.







Homes remain surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina nearly
two weeks after the storm hit Meanwhile, the block-to-block search
continues for those killed when Katrina hit landfall. Officials now
cautiously say the death toll may be far lower than the thousands
originally feared.

The death toll now stands at nearly 400 across the region, with 154 in
New Orleans.

Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters.


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