NPR lead off with "whole communities have been wiped out". In MS, there are reports that entire towns have been washed away. In NO, there are two breaches in the levees, and there is fear. They are trying to get supplies to the shelters as a priority, but... Rescue is the current focus. NPR notes looting and the pulling of people off of rooftops.
NPR said there are rumors of floating corpses, but said none have been confirmed. Streets are largely impassible, trees and shrubbery everywhere. In the Marinie neighborhood, they reported on one looting, the women getting food for their hungry families and the men getting beer. City authorities are calling for evacuation, the NG is to pull trucks up to the Superdome where now about 20000 people are.