New Orleans mayor
Ray Nagin interviewed on
NBC's Meet the Press is critical of suggestions that tent cities be constructed to house
Hurricane Katrina survivors. He promises to lead the rebuilding of the city saying: "New Orleaneans are the only ones to rebuild. We're going to rebuild New Orleans and make sure we have resources to get the job done."
(NBC)
Over 800,000 people in the
Zhejiang province of
China are evacuating as the province is hit by
Typhoon Khanun which has a packing center winds of 144 kilometers per hour.
(Chinadaily)