An extensive water main along Panola Street flooded homes and cars Monday morning as New Orleans residents in Uptown and across the east bank woke up again to low water pressure and a boil water advisory.
A large portion of the east bank, including Uptown, the Central Business District, the French Quarter, the 9th Ward, Mid City and Gentilly, is under a boil water advisory following the break, Sewerage and Water Board officials said. Crews were out making repairs to the street around 7:30 a.m.
The large break at South Carrollton and Panola Street is the third major water disruption in less than three months, starting with a 48-inch water main break in January along Panola Street, near the one on Monday, that caused a sinkhole. A second 48-inch water main burst along South Claiborne on Feb. 23, flooding the area near the intersection with Louisiana Avenue, dropping water pressure and forcing schools to close for days…