Ivan threatens Gulf Coast; New Orleans braces for strike

Wednesday, September 15, 2004

NEW ORLEANS -- More than 1.2 million people in metropolitan New Orleans were warned to get out Tuesday as 140-mph Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast, threatening to submerge this below-sea-level city in what could be the most disastrous storm to hit in nearly 40 years.

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