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The U.S. military is mobilizing equipment and manpower to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

A state of emergency has been enacted in New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana today, after the devastating Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Monday.

As Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans, this past weekend, tens of thousands of people fled the city, seeking refuge in other parts of of Louisiana and in eastern Texas.

Officials say US military plans to drop more massive sand bags onto breached levees or plug gaps with shipping containers.

The report studied the cases of 94 foreign-born visitors to the United States who were accused, convicted or are suspected of engaging in terrorist activity between the early 1990s and 2004.

CNN is reporting "huge police roadblocks" leading into New Orleans and that their news truck was not allowed to enter the city.

Three more people have been killed by falling trees and at least two died in traffic accidents resulting from the hurricane.

New Orleans was spared the most intense winds as the hurricane weakened as it made landfall, and its track turned slightly east, away from the city.

Hurricane leaves a wide trail of damage in several US states on the Gulf of Mexico.

Katrina made landfall at Grand Isle, on Louisiana coast, just before sunrise.

Hurricane lashing long stretch of southern US coast from Louisiana through Mississippi and Alabama and into western Florida.

Biggest city in the path of Hurricane Katrina is New Orleans, Louisiana where officials say they face storm of a lifetime.

In the southern U.S. city of New Orleans, authorities are ordering all residents to evacuate before the expected arrival of a severe hurricane with winds of 250 kilometers per hour.

President Bush says US efforts in Iraq will require more time and sacrifice.

A military statement Saturday says the prisoners were brought to the prison from detention facilities throughout Iraq, and released over the last four days.