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Fatal. now, as you mentioned, new orleans so far fine. the levees on the mississippi so far, fine. let's get an update on that from the governor of louisiana. >> we actually anticipated that the back levee would be overtopped, and so we are not surprised by what has happened. but what everyone should understand, no mississippi river levee has been overtopped, and not a single levee in the state of louisiana as of right now has failed or breached. >> reporter: now, the next thing, of course, as you mentioned, ana, that we're looking at is the rain coming from above. we have been expecting it he...

Levee. it is a back levee in the vicinity of myrtle grove and it points further south. at this point highway 23 in the parish and that validates having an evacuation in plaque mens parish. not a single levee in the state of louisiana as of right now has failed or breached. finally, i want to share with everyone that if you are in need of a shelter, you can text la shelter to 898211 or you can call 211 to find the list of

Channel. >> the back levee has been overtopped so much that there's 12 foot of water against the mississippi river levee, but inside the levee system, areas that never had water from katrina are inundated with water. >> billy, any idea of why this happened? >> well, we had a mandatory evacuation because of the storm currently projections for that area were 9 to 12 feet with we had an eight-foot levee. that was a parish levee that wasn't in the federal system. the parish has been adding to that every year and we just needed three or four more years without a storm. obviously we didn't get that ...

Rooftops, in attics. they tried to look over the wall and couldn't see anything. lots of rain and high wind caused by hurricane isaac and that is going to continue. as we get more information on the success of these rescues, we will let you know. but the back levee along that area has been overflowing with water since early yesterday. let's get the latest on hurricane isaac. the weather channel's mike seidel joins me from orange beach, alabama. mike, what can you tell us? >> we've got the new advisory, chris, coming out from the national hurricane center. and i can tell you what it's going t...

it is sunday, june 24th. good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. so glad you're with us. we start this morning with pretty extreme weather. in the gulf of mexico, we have tropical storm debby. it is still building strength as it moves closer to the gulf coast and communities are bracing now. in colorado, firefigers are trying to contain a wild fa fire cobb suming 200 square miles and it could take at least three more weeks before contained. in minnesota, floodwater left a path of destruction through duluth. people areurning home to devastation and loss. that includes saying gooby...