many there are trying to heed the advice to get out of the city. a little 90 miles from new orleans, biloxi, mississippi, where there is a curfew until 7:00 a.m. roads have been flooding there. we have been here until 5:00 a.m., making sure that we track the storm. new orleans, of course, taking a direct hit. it is a little erie that it s 7 years to the day. hit new orleans in 20 feet of water in some spots. it s the real test to see whether or not the upgraded and new levees can actually withstand this hurricane system that took after hurricane katrina. we begin our live coverage on canal street in new orleans t. looks vacant there. reporter: yeah, gregg, and jamie. you talk about the levy system. some $11 billion of improvements have been made to create new levees, new flood protection zones, things like that. we are happy to report at this hour that there are no real incidents that we are hearing of of any breaches or anything like that. but we have a long way to
french quarter of new orleans right now. many there are trying to heed the advice to get out of the city. a little 90 miles from new orleans, biloxi, mississippi, where there is a curfew until 7:00 a.m. roads have been flooding there. we have been here until 5:00 a.m., making sure that we track the storm. new orleans, of course, taking a direct hit. it is a little erie that it s 7 years to the day. hit new orleans in 20 feet of water in some spots. it s the real test to see whether or not the upgraded and new levees can actually withstand this hurricane system that took after hurricane katrina. we begin our live coverage on canal street in new orleans t. looks vacant there. reporter: yeah, gregg, and jamie. you talk about the levy system. some $11 billion of improvements have been made to create new levees, new flood protection zones, things like that. we are happy to report at this hour that there are no real incidents that we are hearing of of any breaches or anyt