Katrina kills 50 in one Mississippi county
Levee breach reported along lakefront of New Orleans
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Posted: 0751 GMT (1551 HKT)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As the death toll from Hurricane Katrina reaches at least 56, a levee holding back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain has reportedly sustained a breach two blocks long in the Lakefront area of New Orleans.
The breach has triggered rapidly rising floodwaters in the city's downtown and prompted at least one hospital to evacuate patients by air.
A second hospital is contemplating a similar plan.
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