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WWL Update:

Updates as they come in on Katrina

09:46 PM CDT on Sunday, September 4, 2005
Tom Planchet

9:34 P.M. - Choi - Jefferson Parish sheriff asks all returning residents to only call 911 in the case of a developing emergency. Do not call to report property damage.

9:32 P.M. - KGW reporter Bernard Choi - Jefferson Parish officials are asking returning residents to gas up their cars before they return on Monday. It is unlikely gas will be available within the parish.

8:11 P.M. - St. Bernard Parish President Junior Rodriguez said St. Bernard Parish needs help too. He said they are at the "end of the line."

8:10 P.M. - Rodriguez: Updates on plight of St. Bernard after storm were late in coming because parish officials could not communicate with the outside world. Deputies and firefighters could communicate with each other, but not with anyone else.

8:05 P.M. - Jefferson Parish residents told to bring enough food, water and gasoline for the length of your stay if you return to see your home this week. Parish President Aaron Broussard said nothing will be available to supplement their needs.

7:43 P.M. - Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee said he doesn't recommend that people return to Jefferson Parish at this time.

7:30 P.M. - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Seven children who were separated from their families during a rooftop rescue in New Orleans were reunited Sunday night with their mothers, who found them using a national hotline and Web site.

The children, ranging in age from 5 months to 6 years, had been taken to a special shelter in Baton Rouge after being plucked from apartment rooftops. Their parents were later airlifted and taken to a San Antonio shelter.

State Department of Social Services employees photographed the children once they arrived in Baton Rouge.

7:11 P.M. - Office of Emergency preparedness: Civilian helicopter crashes in rescue attempt. Early report are that the pilot and passenger made it with minor injuries and cuts.