Severe weather rocks New Orleans area ahead of potential Hurricane Barry

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Viewer photos show the water spout that formed over Lake Pontchartrain Wednesday morning. UNO officials said it touched down near their campus but not on campus. No injuries were reported.

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A WWL-TV viewer photo shows parked cars threatened by street flooding in Central City.

Robert Beatty

A large pickup truck gets flood waters up to nearly the top of its wheels Wednesday morning during an intense, nearly 100-year storm that hit New Orleans. This is the 1900 block of Gravier Street.

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Another image shows how quickly water built up in the Uptown area around Magazine Street Wednesday morning, ahead of potential Hurricane Barry's landfall on Louisiana projected for Saturday.

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A man kayaks through an Uptown street as rains from a nearly 100-year storm came down on New Orleans Wednesday morning. The storm was a band of weather that came ahead of potential Hurricane Barry, which is projected to make landfall on Louisiana Saturday.

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A man attempts to help a driver whose car was stuck under the I-610 overpass at St. Bernard Avenue in flood waters from a nearly 100-year storm that hit New Orleans Wednesday morning. The rains came ahead of potential Hurricane Barry, which is projected to make landfall on Louisiana Saturday.

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The image shows water building up on Uptown streets around Magazine Street.

Flooding caused traffic both on and below the Interstate throughout Wednesday morning around New Orleans.

Robert Beaty

A utilty truck gets flood waters up to nearly the top of its wheels Wednesday morning during an intense, nearly 100-year storm that hit New Orleans. This is the 1900 block of Gravier Street.

WWL

Another image shows how quickly water built up in the Uptown area around Magazine Street Wednesday morning, ahead of potential Hurricane Barry's landfall on Louisiana projected for Saturday.

WWL

Cars attempt to drive through flood waters caused from a nearly 100-year rain storm that hit New Orleans Wednesday. This is on the French Quarter side of Claiborne Avenue and Conti Street.

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A truck attempts to drive through flood waters caused from a nearly 100-year rain storm that hit New Orleans Wednesday. This is on the French Quarter side of Claiborne Avenue and Conti Street.

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Flooding on the Westbank Expressway in Gretna

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