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Haley Barbour saying MEMA knows a lot of people are trapped, but cannot get to them until winds die down...says some towns along coast are under water.

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What We Know: Parish By Parish

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What We Know: Parish By Parish

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Hurricane Katrina

• You're watching live continuing coverage of Hurricane Katrina

  12 P.M. Advisory

• The center of Hurricane Katrina was located near latitude 30.8 north, longitude 89.6 west, or about 40 miles south-southwest of Hattiesburg, Miss.
• Katrina is moving toward the north near 17 mph, and this motion is expected to continue over the next 24 hours.
• Maximum sustained winds are near 105 mph

  Phone Numbers

• Orleans Special Needs Residents: 658-2500
• Orleans Parish Special Needs Shelter in Alexandria: (800) 841-5778
• Orleans Parish Special Needs Shelter in Monroe: (866) 280-7287

  Bridges Closed

• Crescent City Connection Bridges Closed

  Health

  
  
• Residents advised to conserve water
• Contact with floodwaters should be avoided

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  16  parishes are now under advisories, watches, or severe weather warnings.

  Hancock County Harrison County Lower Jefferson Parish Upper Jefferson Parish Lower Lafourche Parish Upper Lafourche Parish Livingston Parish Orleans Parish Pearl River County Lower Plaquemines Parish Upper Plaquemines Parish

  Lower St. Bernard Parish Upper St. Bernard Parish St. Charles Parish St. James Parish St. John The Baptist Parish St. Tammany Parish Tangipahoa Parish Lower Terrebonne Parish Upper Terrebonne Parish Washington Parish