is moving vehicles to saint bernard so we can begin a rescue as soon as we can to get into that area. so are those rescues ongoing right now or are you saying they ve been put on hold because the wind is so high and rain is so harsh and it s pitch black, frankly? we had a couple of brave citizens that went in with boats and rescued their neighbors. a couple of people with their own boats took it upon theirself to risk their lives and go in and rescue people. we just got a report that three people were rescued, a lady off a roof and two other people were rescued by a local citizen. reporter: let s talk a little bit about the overtopping of the levee. you have a levee system outside the federal levee system which means it s outside the part of the levee that was upgraded a lot over the last several years. tell me about the levee that s been overtopped. what exactly happened and how bad is it? we were raising them every year for the last several years with parish money.
as soon as we can to get into that area. so are those rescues ongoing right now or are you saying they ve been put on hold because the wind is so high and rain is so harsh and it s pitch black, frankly? we had a couple of brave citizens that went in with boats and rescued their neighbors. a couple of people with their own boats took it upon theirself to risk their lives and go in and rescue people. we just got a report that three people were rescued, a lady off a roof and two other people were rescued by a local citizen. reporter: let s talk a little bit about the overtopping of the levee. you have a levee system outside the federal levee system which means it s outside the part of the levee that was upgraded a lot over the last several years. tell me about the levee that s been overtopped. what exactly happened and how bad is it? we were raising them every year for the last several years with parish money. we know we had a potential storm surge of 9 to 12 feet. we ha