Direct hit by Ivan could sink New Orleans
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The worst-case scenario for New Orleans - a direct strike by a full-strength Hurricane Ivan - could submerge much of this historic city treetop-deep in a stew of sewage, industrial
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Hurricane Ivan pummeled communities from New Orleans to Panama City, Fla., as it surged toward Mobile, Ala.
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The remains of Hurricane Ivan buffeted the Louisiana coast on Thursday evening with heavy rains and gusty winds as it moved in from the Gulf of Mexico, much diminished from the ferocious monster that earlier killed more than 100 people
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NEW ORLEANS - With 135-mph Hurricane Ivan closing in with frightening intensity, this flood-prone city scrambled Wednesday to get people out of harm's way, putting the frail and elderly in the cavernous Louisiana Superdome and urging others to move to higher floors in tall buildings.    Ivan made a slight turn north on a path that could bring it ashore early Thursday at the Alabama-Mississippi line, near Mobile, Ala., but forecasters said everyone from New Orleans to the Panhandle should be worried...
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As hurricane Ivan roared northwards yesterday through the Gulf of Mexico towards landfall in the US as early as this evening, Wall Street analysts warned that the damage could extend beyond buildings into the wider economy.
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Hurricane Ivan made a direct hit on Grenada, killing at least three people as it turned concrete homes into piles of rubble and hurled the island's landmark red zinc roofs through the air.
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Authorities urged millions of people from  New Orleans to northwest Florida to flee as deadly Hurricane  Ivan pushed across the Gulf of Mexico on a track that could  bring it to the U.S. coast on Wednesday night.
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The worst-case scenario for New Orleans &#151; a direct strike by a full-strength Hurricane Ivan &#151; could submerge much of this historic city treetop-deep in a stew of sewage, industrial chemicals and fire ants, and the inundation could last for weeks, experts say.
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GULF SHORES, Ala. - Hurricane Ivan slammed ashore early Thursday with winds of 130 mph, packing deadly tornadoes and a powerful punch of waves and rain that threatened to swamp communities from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle...
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PENSACOLA, Fla.  - Hurricane Ivan slammed into the  U.S. Gulf coast on Thursday with furious winds and flooding,  ripping roofs off homes and hotels, washing out bridges,  downing power lines and spawning tornadoes that killed seven  people.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. Sept. 17, 2004 - Hurricane Ivan was the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States since Floyd in 1999, but it could have been worse.
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The government's repairs to New Orleans' hurricane-damaged levees may put the French Quarter in greater danger than it was before Hurricane Katrina, a weakness planners said couldn't be helped, at least for now.
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CORTES, Cuba -- After killing 68 people and decimating tens of thousands of properties across the Caribbean, Hurricane Ivan plowed through the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, setting off an exodus from Cancun to New Orleans, where locals girded for what could be the worst storm in decades.
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PENSACOLA BEACH - As thousands fled, mighty Hurricane Ivan staggered Tuesday toward an unwelcome touchdown somewhere between the Panhandle&#39;s spring-break beaches, Biloxi&#39;s casinos and Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. | Hurricane Ivan blistered the Gulf Coast early Thursday, spawning killer tornadoes, 2Â½-story waves and torrential rain that killed at least 23 people and demolished dozens of waterfront homes.
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The Big Easy is the Big Breathe Easy as New Orleans dodged another one when Hurricane Ivan made landfall about 175 miles to the east early Thursday. It shook the trees with tropical storm-force gusts of up to 53 mph.
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If a strong Category 4 storm such as Ivan made a direct hit, Walter Maestri, an emergency manager, warned that 50,000 people could drown, and the city of New Orleans could cease to exist.