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		</div><p>A storm forecasters warn is carrying “off the chart” amounts of moisture is slowly crawling towards shore along the US Gulf coast, having already caused widespread power cuts.</p>
<p>Hurricane Barry, which officially strengthened into a category one hurricane on Saturday morning with maximum sustained winds of 75mph, is causing downpours that could last for days in a test of flood-prevention efforts implemented after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 14 years ago.</p>
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<p>As natives and tourists in the Big Easy, Baton Rouge and other heavily populated areas in the storm’s path hunkered down, the Coast Guard rescued more than a dozen people from the flooded remote island of Isle de Jean Charles.</p>
<figure id="attachment_136160" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-136160" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-136160" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/684ED26D-C3DC-41DD-B43C-C19DFFED71C2.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="432" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-136160" class="wp-caption-text">Flood waters from Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, Louisiana</figcaption></figure>
<p>Water on the island, which is about 45 miles south of New Orleans, had risen so high that some residents were clinging to rooftops by the time help arrived.</p>
<p>Meanwhile a levee in Plaquemines Parish, a finger of land extending deep into the Gulf of Mexico downstream from New Orleans, has already been topped by water.</p>
<p>But officials remain confident New Orleans’ levees will hold firm, with most ranging in height from 20 to 25ft.</p>
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<p>Officials predict Barry will make landfall near Morgan City, west of New Orleans.</p>
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<p>More than 70,000 customers are without power due to outages caused by the storm, including 66,830 in Louisiana and 3,140 in Mississippi.</p>
<p>National Hurricane Centre director Ken Graham, giving an update via Facebook Live, pointed to a computer screen showing a huge, swirling mess of airborne water.</p>
<p>He said: “That is just an amazing amount of moisture. That is off the chart.”</p>
<p>Barry is moving so slowly that it is likely heavy rain will continue throughout the weekend across Louisiana, he added.</p>
<p>There are predictions of 10-20in through Sunday across a swath of Louisiana that includes New Orleans and Baton Rouge, with some parts of the state possible getting 25in.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">For local information on storm surge, rainfall, and wind impacts from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Barry?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Barry</a>, please follow <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSNewOrleans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NWSNewOrleans</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSLakeCharles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NWSLakeCharles</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSShreveport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NWSShreveport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSJacksonMS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NWSJacksonMS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSMobile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NWSMobile</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSLittleRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NWSLittleRock</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSMemphis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NWSMemphis</a> <a href="https://t.co/GrBbmOmIrl">pic.twitter.com/GrBbmOmIrl</a></p>
<p>&mdash; National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1150073126899900418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Looking ahead, tracking forecasts show the storm moving towards Chicago, swelling the Mississippi River basin with water that must eventually flow south again.</p>
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<p>Governors have declared emergencies in Louisiana and Mississippi, and authorities have taken unprecedented precautions in closing floodgates and raising the barriers around New Orleans.</p>
<p>Governor John Bel Edwards said it is the first time all floodgates have been sealed in the New Orleans-area Hurricane Risk Reduction System since Katrina.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A HIGH risk is in effect in our Day 1 Excessive Rainfall Outlook. More details: <a href="https://t.co/FQU5sblUHQ">https://t.co/FQU5sblUHQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/Dlll2v3er8">pic.twitter.com/Dlll2v3er8</a></p>
<p>&mdash; NWS WPC (@NWSWPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1150072056337379329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>But he still said he does not expect the Mississippi River to spill over the levees despite water levels already running high from spring rains and melting snow upstream.</p>
<p>Rescue crews and about 3,000 National Guard troops are posted around Louisiana with boats, high-water vehicles and helicopters.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump has declared a federal emergency for Louisiana, authorising federal agencies to co-ordinate relief efforts.</p>
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