World News Tonight (ABC) - 2005-08-31 - Hurricane Katrina
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[0:05] In New Orleans, the mayor says thousands
[0:07] of people could be dead, and it will be
[0:10] months before the city of New Orleans is
[0:12] fit once again for living. In
[0:14] Mississippi, the devastated communities
[0:16] that have still not been reached. So
[0:19] many people are missing. The storm has
[0:22] already had widespread economic impact.
[0:24] Gas prices are spiking across the
[0:26] country. and the patch of land that
[0:29] might as well be heaven. The
[0:31] extraordinary joy of finding a place
[0:33] where the cell phone actually works.
[0:36] Tonight, Hurricane Katrina becomes a
[0:39] national crisis. A special edition of
[0:42] World News Tonight
[0:45] from ABC News. This is World News
[0:49] Tonight,
[0:51] reporting from ABC News headquarters.
[0:53] Charles Gibson.
[0:54] >> Good evening. The massive scale of
[0:56] recovery from Katrina that's going to be
[0:58] necessary is becoming clear. The number
[1:02] of dead is still unknown, but all
[1:04] indications are it will be high. People
[1:08] still in New Orleans, if they looked to
[1:09] the skies this morning, saw Air Force
[1:11] One, the president flying over for a
[1:13] personal look at the devastation. His
[1:15] plane was low, just over the city
[1:17] skyline. What he saw is the largest
[1:20] single domestic challenge the country
[1:22] has faced since 911. Today, the mayor of
[1:26] New Orleans said that hundreds, perhaps
[1:28] even thousands of people in the city are
[1:30] dead. Bodies are being left floating in
[1:32] the flood waters. The emphasis is all on
[1:34] rescuing the stranded. Evacuation of
[1:37] people still in the city will be coming
[1:39] in the next few days. It is becoming
[1:42] clear, however, that New Orleans will
[1:44] not be livable for