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Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears NEW ORLEANS - National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary.   Nations:U.S. Jamaica Mexico   Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina   Source:(AP)   2008-08-28 Louisiana eyes Gustav, activates Guard troops NEW ORLEANS - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos.   Nations:U.S. Mexico   Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina   Source:(AP)   2008-08-27 New Orleans repeating deadly levee blunders NEW ORLEANS - Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind.   Nations:U.S. Mexico   Activities:Vietnam War 2005 Hurricane Katrina   Source:(AP)   2008-08-24 New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes NEW ORLEANS - Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind.   Nations:U.S. Mexico   Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina   Source:(AP)   2008-08-23 Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri WINFIELD, Mo. - A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday -- undone by a burrowing muskrat.   Nations:U.S.   Activities:2008 U.S. Midwest Flood   Source:(AP)   2008-06-27 Headlines Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears 2008-08-28 Louisiana eyes Gustav, activates Guard troops 2008-08-27 New Orleans repeating deadly levee blunders 2008-08-24 New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes 2008-08-23 Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri 2008-06-27 The Floods: A Manmade Disaster? 2008-06-26 Midwest floods may leave small towns smaller 2008-06-26 Swollen Mississippi defeats another levee 2008-06-24 Can farmers salvage a soaked planting season? 2008-06-23 Mississippi River level rises beyond forecasts 2008-06-22 Floods engulf archaic levee system 2008-06-20 Mississippi River breaks through Illinois levee 2008-06-17 Des Moines levee breach threatens neighborhood 2008-06-14 Cedar Rapids flood recedes; Des Moines levee fails 2008-06-14 Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations 2008-06-13 Sandbagged levee holds in Iowa, protects city 2008-06-11 Iowa city looks to sandbags as levee breach looms 2008-06-11 Wisconsin checks other dams for flood damage 2008-06-10 AP IMPACT: Leaky New Orleans levee alarms experts 2008-05-21 Army Corps says Condition of many levees a mystery 2008-05-12 Most-viewed Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears 2008-08-28 Louisiana eyes Gustav, activates Guard troops 2008-08-27 New Orleans repeating deadly levee blunders 2008-08-24 The Floods: A Manmade Disaster? 2008-06-26 Can farmers salvage a soaked planting season? 2008-06-23 Des Moines levee breach threatens neighborhood 2008-06-14 Swollen Mississippi defeats another levee 2008-06-24 Cedar Rapids flood recedes; Des Moines levee fails 2008-06-14 Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations 2008-06-13 Sandbagged levee holds in Iowa, protects city 2008-06-11 Iowa city looks to sandbags as levee breach looms 2008-06-11

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