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World News: Some residents of New Orleans returning home Black Habits Articles Residents of one New Orleans neighbourhood were told they can go home on Monday. Mayor Ray Nagin said that people living in Algiers could return to their homes starting on Monday September 26.

"With Hurricane Rita behind us, the task at hand is to bring New Orleans back," Mayor Ray Nagin said. "We want people to return and help us rebuild the city. However, we want everyone to assess the risks and make an informed decision about re-entry plans."

Algiers, a neighbourhood of 57,000, largely escaped flooding from the hurricanes, and has working power, water and sewage services. It was the first section to reopen to residents last week, before the approach of Hurricane Rita forced the city to close it again.

Business owners in the Central Business District, the French Quarter and the Uptown section would be allowed in as well to inspect property and clean up.

Other areas of the city remain under mandatory evacuation, the mayor's office said.

Nagin said a curfew would be in place from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. and warned there were limited police and firefighting services and no critical care hospital services. City water was fit to use for drinking or bathing only in Algiers, the mayor's office said. Residents returning were allowed to travel only within their ZIP codes.

Most of the city was spared significant new damage when Rita struck near the Texas-Louisiana line, but the hurricane's rain and storm surge partially breached levees along the Industrial Canal, causing renewed flooding in the Ninth Ward. That's the section of east New Orleans that was submerged by Katrina and pumped dry just days before the second big storm.

On Sunday, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman said areas newly flooded this weekend by Rita could be pumped dry within a week after levee damage is repaired, far sooner than initially predicted.

"All indications are all operations are getting back to normal," said Ted Monette, deputy federal coordinating officer for Katrina recovery.

Note: Last Updated Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:24:33 EDT CBC News
Posted on Wednesday, September 28 @ 20:20:42 UTC by bspringer



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