8 AM Progress Report
* Katrina made landfall this morning a couple of hours ago, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana...Now tracking SE of New Orleans, moving north.* NWS Mobile is issuing tornado warnings along the projected path of Katrina...Now includes George and Stone counties along the MS Gulf Coast.
* Report that pumps have failed in the city of New Orleans -- not good news at all. NO relies on pumps to remove water from the city. Also receiving reports that power has failed at the Superdome, which is being used as a massive storm shelter.
* MS GULF COAST - Gusts of above 100 mph being reported by Civil Defense and by LDCT storm chaser Greg Nordstrom...
* Track still looks much the same...Running between Hwy 15 and I 59...then into northern Mississippi...Winds here will likely be at hurricane force for a while...
* Long form coverage continuing on WTOK...Web featuring our streaming video also...
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 7:59 AM
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