Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana with 140 mph winds, moves just east of New Orleans; Superdome roof ripped as Katrina slams New Orleans; 3 die in evacuation; Mandatory evacuation called for N.O. for first time in city’s history
Category 4 Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall: Katrina comes ashore at 6:10 a.m. CDT near Grande Isle, La. Superdome roof ripped as Katrina slams New Orleans | Other damage reports | First-ever mandatory evacuation | Coverage from MSNBC WDSU Nola.com Al.com USA Today Latest stories | NHC: Katrina, a Cat. 4 with 140 mph maximum sustained winds is expected to bring a storm surge 18 to 22 feet above normal and local storm surge flooding as high as 28 feet and 5-10 inches of rain/isolated 15 inches. The worst is expected east of New Orleans into Mississippi and Alabama | Detailed text warnings Images: NWS radar, loop, storm precip. 1 & 2 | Satellite | loop | IR satellite | loop | Interactive | hurricane tracker | Watches/warnings map & zoom | Webcams: NOLA Parade Cam | Quarter Cam | River Cam | New Orleans weather/cams | Mobile | Jackson | Other cities
Streaming Video Of Live Coverage: WWL-TV 4, New Orleans stream … direct link to player | WSDU-TV 6, New Orleans … direct link | WLOX-TV 13, Biloxi, MS stream | WPMI-TV 15, Mobile, AL stream | WKRG-TV 5, Mobile, AL stream | WJTV-TV 12, Jackson, MS stream | Weather Plus WTVJ-TV 6, Miami | Subscription Video Feeds: HurricaneNow.com | Hurricane LiveNet.com … Thanks Jerry Slegh of Prairie City, IA | Near-Live Reports: AccuWeather | Weather.com | Live Audio: WTIX-AM 690, New Orleans | WPMI-AM 710, Mobile | WJBO-AM 1150, Baton Rouge, LA | Streaming radio stations across the U.S. (look for lightning bolts; news/talk best bet)
Help Storm Victims: FEMA | American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW | Catholic Charities | Salvation Army
Track Katrina: Katrina’s forecast track, track models, and advisory (latest data/images also in red box) | Interactive tracker | Local weather observations: NO, Biloxi, Mobile
NOAA Satellite Images: From 6:45 p.m. CDT Sunday and 5:45 a.m. CDT Monday. Links to large, live versions…
Other Images: New Orleans traffic info and cams | WWL-TV 4 traffic cams | Viewer images from S. Florida
Blog Coverage: WKRG-TV 5, Mobile storm watch blog | WPMI-TV 15, Mobile weather blog | WMBB-TV 13 storm blog | CapitalWeather.com | Central Florida Hurricane Center | Weather.com Blog | Hurricanetrack.com | Moreweather.com | WX-MAN’s Perspective | WeatherBlog | Report for WeatherBug Backyard | Message Boards: Eastern U.S. Weather Forum | TalkWeather.com | Storm2K | Weather.com Forum
Dire warning posted on the National Weather Service warnings page Sunday morning.
School, Other Closings In La., Ala.: From WDSU-TV 6 and WWL-TV 4 school closings and other cancellations. These links are also posted in our New Orleans page (lower right column) | WKRG-TV 5, Mobile closings | WMBB-TV 13, Mobile closings | WPMI-TV 15, Mobile closings
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. New Orleans 2. Mobile 3. Panama City 4. Shreveport 5. Lafayette … and on Saturday: 1. New Orleans 2. Key West 3. Mobile 4. Miami 5. Dallas/Fort Worth … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
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We are ready to accommodate a family of six here in La Junta, Colorado. We can provide them with bed and board. And God save us all.
Warren, what a generous offer! Did anyone take you up on it?