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Tuesday Evening in New Orleans... 

UPDATE

Tuesday, 6:35 p.m CST

Mayor Ray Nagin issued an urgent bulletin through WWL-TV at 6:30 p.m.

Nagin said efforts to stop the flow of water at the breach on the 17th Street Canal are failing, which means the floodwaters will rise again.

Nagin said the waters will soon overwhelm the pump, shutting it down. He said the water will rise to 3 feet above sea level - or 12-15 feet in some places of east Jefferson and Orleans parishes.

Nagin has advised residents who have not already evacuated to do so as soon as possible.


UPDATE Tuesday, 5:57 p.m. CST

The Army Corps of Engineers was focused Tuesday on
finding a way to close the levee breaches in the
Industrial Canal and 17th Street Canal that have let
waters pour into New Orleans, state officials said.

Col. Jeff Smith said the Corps might fill large cargo containers
with a heavy substance, such as sand, which would then
be plugged into the gaps. "It would be better than
just sandbags," he said, adding that Corps officials
haven't figured out exactly what they will do. He
expected that work could begin later this afternoon or
in the morning.

After a flight over the devastated region, U.S. Sen.
David Vitter said that he could see three breaches in
the levees, including a 200 feet hole in the 17th
Street Canal, as well as two separate gaps
encompassing a total of about 500 feet in the
Industrial Canal on the St. Bernard side.