Katrina Recovery Will Take Years, Bush Says
Melanie Hunter
Senior Editor

(CNSNews.com) - Calling it "one of the worst natural disasters" in history, President Bush said Wednesday the recovery effort from Hurricane Katrina will take years.

Flying over the Gulf Coast on his way back from Crawford, Texas, the president could see the devastation that Hurricane Katrina caused.

"The vast majority of New Orleans, Louisiana is under water. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses are beyond repair. A lot of the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been completely destroyed. Mobile is flooded. We're dealing with one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history," Bush said in a Rose Garden press conference.

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