Hurricane Katrina - CNN - 2005-08-30 - 3 a.m. (E)
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[0:00] CNN tomorrow on American Morning, the
[0:03] day after Katrina dawn in New Orleans.
[0:05] Get the first news and pictures from
[0:07] overnight. And see where this monster
[0:09] storm is headed. American Morning. CNN
[0:12] tomorrow starts 7 Eastern. Tomorrow, CNN
[0:16] Prime Time takes you beyond the
[0:17] headlines. Go to the places, meet the
[0:20] people, question the news makers, get
[0:22] the real story. News, not just talk. CNN
[0:26] Prime Time, it's essential. Tomorrow
[0:28] starts 7 Eastern.
[0:37] Welcome back to CNN's continuing
[0:38] coverage of Hurricane Katrina. I'm Rick
[0:40] Sanchez. It's 3:00 in the East, 2:00 in
[0:43] the Gulf Coast, where we're following
[0:45] new information out of New Orleans. CNN
[0:47] just learned this morning that
[0:48] authorities in New Orleans are preparing
[0:50] to evacuate both Charity Hospital and
[0:52] Tain University Medical Center
[0:54] hospitals. Both have been keeping
[0:56] critical patients, some on life support,
[0:58] who must have access to life-saving
[1:00] services. A two lane hospital vice
[1:03] president tells CNN a levy that holds
[1:05] back Lake Pon Train has been breached, a
[1:08] twob block span along 17th Street and
[1:11] Canel Street.
[1:13] >> We don't have any confirmed reports of
[1:15] casualties at this time. Our biggest
[1:17] concern is rising water. Um, our
[1:20] hospital is in downtown New Orleans and
[1:23] we did not get any accumulated water
[1:25] from the storm when the storm actually
[1:27] occurred. But within the past 2 hours,
[1:29] the water has been rising at the rate of
[1:32] an inch every 5 minutes. We now are
[1:34] completely surrounded by 6 ft of water
[1:37] and um we're getting ready to get on the
[1:40] phone with FEMA to start talkin