10 YEARS AGO

KATRINA POUNDS US Floodwaters from Katrina were overwhelming levees in central New Orleans last night and the likely death toll from the catastrophic hurricane climbed to 80 — with more deaths expected as rescuers reach the hardest-hit areas. The breach sent a churning sea of water coursing across the western part of the city and residents who had ridden out the brunt of Katrina faced a second, more insidious, threat as floodwaters rose. At least one hospital was evacuating patients by air.