Wild video shows water gushing from street after watermain break in Central City
New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board responds to watermain break in Central City
CHANCES COMING UP AS WELL. WE’LL TIME IT OUT COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER. ALL RIGHT. HAPPENING NOW. SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD CREWS WORKING ON ANOTHER WATER MAIN BREAK. ANOTHER ONE IN CENTRAL CITY. WDSU REPORTER CASSIE SCHERM LIVE ON THE SCENE. KASEY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YEAH, THIS IS JACKSON AND MAGNOLIA. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT BACK BEHIND ME HERE, COMPLETELY FLOODED. IN FACT, YOU CAN EVEN SEE WHERE THE GROUND HAS SHIFTED OUT THERE, WHERE THE WATER IS SEEPING UP. NOW WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. BUT THEY SAY THEY’RE GOING TO UPDATE US WHEN THEY GET MORE INFORMATION. THEY SAID THAT CREWS WERE HERE. WE HAVE SEEN ONE MAN WHO WAS WORKING ON THE MACHINE RIGHT THERE, BUT THAT’S BEEN IT SO FAR. NOW, NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA TELL ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE NOON. AS WATER WAS STARTING TO SEEP OUT OF THE GROUND, IT WAS NOT THIS BAD. AND THEN EVENTUALLY, AROUND 2:00, THEY SAY THAT CREWS STARTED COMING OUT. THEY BLOCKED OFF THIS AREA HERE. SO YOU CAN’T DRIVE ON IT. YOU CAN’T DRIVE THROUGH IT. IT’S COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF. AND THEY’RE HOPING THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL BE COMING OUT TO TRY TO FIX THIS, BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT ANOTHER CLAIBORNE AVENUE SITUATION HERE. BUT YEAH, THAT’S THAT’S THE MOST INFORMATION WE HAVE SO FAR ON THIS. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MULTIPLE WATER MAIN BREAKS THAT WE’VE SEEN IN MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP ON UPDATING YOU GUYS AS SOON AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION. BUT REALLY, THE NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA ARE JUST HOPING THAT THE WATER THAT’S FLOWING DOWN NOW, THE STREET HERE DOESN’T CONTINUE BECAUSE IT’S REALLY NOT GOING DOWN THE DRAINS RIGHT NOW AS THEY’RE BLOCKED OVER THERE AS WELL. SO I’LL KEEP ON ASKING QUESTIONS AND GET YOU
New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board responds to watermain break in Central City
The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board is responding to a watermain break in Central City.The watermain break was reported at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Magnolia Street. The area is closed to cars due to street flooding. Neighbors in the area said the watermain broke around noon, and crews responded to the scene around 2 p.m.The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board said more information on the response to the watermain break and the cause would be provided at a later time.
The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board is responding to a watermain break in Central City.
The watermain break was reported at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Magnolia Street.
The area is closed to cars due to street flooding.
Neighbors in the area said the watermain broke around noon, and crews responded to the scene around 2 p.m.
The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board said more information on the response to the watermain break and the cause would be provided at a later time.