被災者1万人を強制退去へ | 英語のニュース

World News

Evacuation of New Orleans continues

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police and soldiers went from house to house Sept. 7 to try to coax the last 10,000 or so stubborn holdouts to leave storm-shattered New Orleans.

Mayor C. Ray Nagin ordered the police and the military Sept. 6 to evacuate all holdouts by force if necessary. He warned that the combination of fetid water, fires and natural gas leaks after Hurricane Katrina made it too dangerous to stay.

The first tests confirmed Sept. 7 that the amount of sewage-related bacteria in the floodwaters is at least 10 times higher than acceptable safety levels.

Meanwhile, workers trying to get into the city to restart essential services are regularly coming under sniper fire, and workers are struggling to find and count corpses in the 33-degree-Celsius heat. The mayor ha said New Orleans' death toll could reach 10,000.

President George W. Bush has vowed to lead a probe into the government response to the disaster, which one senior Republican lawmaker has criticized as "woefully inadequate."

Shukan ST: Sept. 16, 2005

●英字新聞社ジャパンタイムズによる英語学習サイト。英語のニュース、英語教材、TOEIC、リスニング、英語の発音、ことわざ、などのコンテンツを無料で提供。
	脚注を印刷吹き出し表示フレーム表示
World News Evacuation of New Orleans continues NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police and soldiers went from house to house Sept. 7 to try to coax the last 10,000 or so stubborn holdouts to leave storm-shattered New Orleans. Mayor C. Ray Nagin ordered the police and the military Sept. 6 to evacuate all holdouts by force if necessary. He warned that the combination of fetid water, fires and natural gas leaks after Hurricane Katrina made it too dangerous to stay. The first tests confirmed Sept. 7 that the amount of sewage-related bacteria in the floodwaters is at least 10 times higher than acceptable safety levels. Meanwhile, workers trying to get into the city to restart essential services are regularly coming under sniper fire, and workers are struggling to find and count corpses in the 33-degree-Celsius heat. The mayor ha said New Orleans' death toll could reach 10,000. President George W. Bush has vowed to lead a probe into the government response to the disaster, which one senior Republican lawmaker has criticized as "woefully inadequate." Shukan ST: Sept. 16, 2005 (C) All rights reserved