Tue Nov 10, 10:58 AM ET

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, seen here in October 2009, is confident that the levees will protect New Orleans from serious flooding as Tropical Storm Ida hit the US Gulf coast. (AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)

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