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Live blog: Harvey’s rain reaches New Orleans

We're gathering news of street flooding and other effects.
by Steve Myers

We’re tracking flooding and other problems in New Orleans from Tropical Storm Harvey. If you see anything we should know about, tag @thelensnola in a tweet or submit it via a comment here. Please remember, your first priority is to stay safe. Do not venture out into the storm just to capture images or videos.

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Steve Myers

Steve Myers was editor of The Lens. Before joining the staff in 2012, Myers was managing editor of Poynter Online, the preeminent source of news and training about the journalism industry. At Poynter, he wrote about emerging media practices such as citizen journalism, nonprofit news sites, real-time reporting via social media, data-oriented news apps, iPhoneography, and the fact-checking movement. Six of his 10 years in newspapers were spent as a local government reporter in Mobile, Ala., where he focused on local government accountability, from jail management to hurricane preparation and response. He can be reached at (504) 298-9750.

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