The evacuation of Hurricane Katrina refugees from the Superdome in New Orleans was suspended today after shots were fired at a military helicopter, an ambulance official overseeing the operation said. No immediate injuries were reported.

Mary Foster, New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina ripped away part of the roof on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans today as thousands of storm refugees huddled inside.

For thousands of New Orleans’ city’s poor, homeless and frail, just getting into the massive Louisiana Superdome and settling down was the hardest part.

Hurricane Ivan claimed its first lives in the United States today, hours before the eye of the massive storm came ashore.