Governor evacuates flooded New Orleans, tens-of-thousands remain in Superdome; Katrina kills at least 100 along Gulf Coast; Dozens die at Biloxi beach apartment; Water rushes into New Orleans streets; Almost 3 million without power; Widespread damage in La., Miss., Ala.; Major flooding, damage in New Orleans, Mobile, St. Bernard Parish, Gulfport; TV stations taken off air
Governor Evacuates Flooded New Orleans; 100 Dead In Miss.: Rescuers pushed aside the dead to reach the living in a race against time and rising waters … Broken levees fix fails after water pours from Lake Pontchartrain into streets of New Orleans — now almost completely flooded. Estimated 3,000 rooftop rescues by Tuesday; Death toll at 100 in one Miss. county … Updates from WWL-TV 4, New Orleans and NOLA.com Weblog … N.O. Mayor: Hundreds, if not thousands, of people may still be stuck on roofs, in attics | Dozens die at Biloxi, Miss., beach apartment | Mayor of Biloxi: “This is our tsunami” | Looting begins | At least 40,000 homes reportedly flooded in St. Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans | Almost 3 million without power, 900,000 in Miss. | Katrina’s storm total rainfall amounts through 1 p.m. Tuesday
Entire New Orleans neighborhoods are under water up to rooflines; Downtown Mobile is flooded; boats have crashed into buildings; A shelter to thousands, Superdome suffers damage; Major roof damage reported in Gulfport, Miss.; Storm surge recorded at 22 feet in Bay St. Louis; Power to downtown New Orleans may not be restored for months. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their loved ones…
Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds at 6:10 a.m. Monday CDT near Buras, Miss. [map], and again as a Cat. 3 with 125 mph winds at 10 a.m. CDT on the La./Miss. border.
Weather/Webcam Images: Credit: GOES 12 Satellite, NASA, NOAA. Katrina on Sunday. Large version, details
Excellent MSNBC image slideshow (Opens new window) 2 | Miami images | Real-time & archived satellite imagery | Storm radar | Regional radar | NWS radar, loop, 24 hr. storm precipitation totals | hurricane tracker | Current watches/warnings map | New Orleans weather/cams | Mobile | Jackson | Birmingham | Memphis | Nashville | Other cities | More images in the red box (right) and in the post below…
TV Stations Taken Off Air … From Biloxi: “WLOX-TV 13 has suffered roof damage due to the high winds of Hurricane Katrina. Some parts of the building have one foot of standing water due to the leaking roof.” … But, it later resumes broadcasting … From Mobile: “WPMI NBC 15 is temporarily off the air. We were broadcasting on generator power, but a lightning hit took us off the air.”
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. New Orleans 2. Mobile 3. Jackson 4. Birmingham 5. Atlanta … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
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