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Members of the Louisiana National Guard set up a road block in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans as water in the Industrial Canal starts to overtop the levees and pour into the city, Sept. 1, 2008.

ROAD BLOCK

Members of the Louisiana National Guard set up a road block in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans as water in the Industrial Canal starts to overtop the levees and pour into the city, Sept. 1, 2008.

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