For Washington’s Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), shamed by a slow and inadequate response to Katrina in 2005, Irene presents a special test.

华盛顿的国土安全部及联邦应急管理署因为在2005年应对“卡特里娜"飓风中的迟缓而饱受诟病，而此次面对”艾琳“将是一个特殊的考验。

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More than 50 people in the New Orleans area were rescued from flooded neighborhoods, according to a spokesman for the state's Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness agency.

CNN: Louisiana evacuees told to stay put

Earlier, a confirmed tornado struck a hospital in Creston, Iowa, blowing out windows and damaging the roof, said John Benson of the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management agency.

CNN: April 16, 2012 -- Updated 0326 GMT (1126 HKT)

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) official Richard Serino will visit the borough on Friday.

BBC: Storm Sandy: US death toll close to 100