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Hurricane Isaac triggers evacuations, rescues

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    Elizabeth Prann reports from New Orleans

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Those are just awful Elizabeth -- is live in New Orleans for us now Elizabeth.

Hey John all the look ahead the story just because this storm has passed the story it's certainly not over just like Steve was mentioning this storm maybe.

-- 125 miles north of here but the flooding is really an issue here.

The city of New Orleans may have been spared because they're not seeing a lot of damage and -- necessarily in this city we're seeing.

And streets signs down some debris in the roadway -- power outages but people.

In those low lying areas have -- have about twelve to fifteen water excuse me feet of water in their homes were talking about home.

Completely submerged what these folks tell us.

It that -- -- basically is they shared by his stop in 2008.

And now the -- -- category two storm.

-- ever heard you know I simply -- -- a lot of -- and it's been made landfall not once but twice it brought it.

Credible amounts of storm surge not only mixed with high tide.

But also the fact that some of these folks were soaked with up to twenty inches of rain hears -- and people.

People just got used to the water and -- and I really came and -- everything.

And -- people tells -- that could be really days if not longer before they're able to get back -- -- -- On the Elizabeth brand alive in New Orleans.