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Flooding swamps

New Orleans; possible

hurricane coming next

By CHEVEL JOHNSON and ranged far out into the Gulf
JANET McCONNAUGHEY and battered New Orleans,
Associated Press where as much as 8 inches
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A (18 centimeters) of rain fell
storm swamped New Or- over a three-hour period
leans streets and paralyzed Wednesday morning, offi-
traffic Wednesday as con- cials said.
cerns grew that even worse Mississippi and Texas were
weather was on the way: also at risk of torrential rains.
a possible hurricane that In New Orleans, streets
could strike the Gulf Coast turned into small, swift rivers
and raise the Mississippi Riv- that overturned garbage
er to the brim of the city’s cans and picked up piec-
protective levees. es of floating wood. Wa-
The storm was associated ter was up to the doors of
with an atmospheric distur- many cars. Other vehicles
bance in the Gulf that fore- were abandoned. Kay-
casters said was on track akers paddled their way Associated Press
to strengthen into a hurri- down some streets. underpass and the water looked like a lake outside declared a state of emer-
cane by the weekend. The Chandris Rethmeyer lost started rising. her door. gency and said National
National Hurricane Center her car to the flood and “I was going to sit in my car “There was about 3 to 4 Guard troops and high-wa-
expected the system to had to wade through wa- and let the storm pass,” she feet of water in the street, ter vehicles would be posi-
become a tropical depres- ter about 4 feet (1.22 me- said. “But I reached back pouring onto the sidewalks tioned all over the state in
sion by Thursday morning, a ters) deep to get to safety. to get my son’s iPad and and at my door. So I went to advance of more heavy
tropical storm by Thursday She was on her way home put my hand into a puddle my neighbors to alert them rain.
night and a hurricane on after working an overnight of water.” and tell them to move their
Friday. shift when she got stuck Valerie R. Burton woke cars,” she said. Continued on Page 3
Lines of thunderstorms behind an accident in an up Wednesday to what Gov. John Bel Edwards