New Orleans has issued a boil-water alert for the east bank. Samples are being taken throughout the city and a report will be issued once it is certain the water is safe. Residents across the city woke up to a drop in water pressure. Marcia St. Martin, executive director of the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board, said that a small fire at the agency's power plant on South Claiborne Avenue cut electricity for about 20 minutes and caused water pressure to dip below what the federal government considers safe.
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