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Gustav Floods Upper 9th Ward

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 1, 2008 12:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – Six inches of water from Hurricane Gustav is flooding the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans, but the Army Corps of Engineers says the situation is not a major danger, the Times-Picayune reports. The Lower Ninth Ward’s levees, which were reinforced after Hurricane Katrina, have not given way. "There are no breaches," said a spokesman for Mayor Ray Nagin.



Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav. in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav. in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
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