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Katrina now Category 4 storm

Hurricane warning for Morgan City, Louisiana to Alabama-Florida border

Sunday, August 28, 2005 Posted: 0612 GMT (1412 HKT)

As Katrina approaches, residents of New Orleans cause a traffic jam on I-10 West, leaving the city.
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Hurricane Katrina headed toward Louisiana (5:25)

Thousands crowd the highway leaving New Orleans (1:15)

Offshore oil rigs get ready to evacuate. (3:01)

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HURRICANE KATRINA

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Katrina was packing winds of up to 145 mph early Sunday as it approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said early Sunday.

The National Hurricane Center said Katrina -- now a Category 4 storm -- could announce its Monday arrival with tropical storm-force winds Sunday night.

At 10 p.m. (11 p.m. ET) Saturday the hurricane center issued a hurricane warning from Morgan City, Louisiana, to the Alabama-Florida border, an area that includes New Orleans. A warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours.

The hurricane center said the storm could be upgraded to a Category 4, with winds from 131 mph to 155 mph, late Saturday or Sunday. Such winds are capable of causing extreme damage.

"This is a very, very dangerous hurricane," hurricane center Director Max Mayfield said. (Watch video of how New Orleans reacted to warning)

Katrina, already has been blamed for seven deaths in Florida, where it made landfall Thursday as a Category 1 hurricane. As much as 18 inches of rain fell in some areas, flooding streets and homes. (See video of the damage floodwaters left in one family's new house)

Twelve-foot waves already were approaching parts of the northern Gulf Coast.

Officials fear New Orleans, Louisiana, is vulnerable because it sits an average of 6 feet below sea level.

Mandatory evacuations were in effect for some of Louisiana's low-lying areas; residents in other low-lying areas are being encouraged to leave.

Governors of both Louisiana and Mississippi declared emergencies Friday in anticipation of the strengthening storm.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a test. This is the real deal," New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said at a news conference.

He urged people to remain calm, "board up your homes, make sure you have medicine, make sure your car has enough gas in it," and prepare to leave.

Highways leading out of the city had bumper-to-bumper traffic.