<P> Coast Guard air operations have saved 1,245 lives and conducted 385 sorties in the past 24 hours (as of 1600 EDT / 2000Z 3 SEP 05). </P> <P> The evacuation of the Superdome has been completed . 29,588 Army National Guard and 4,596 Air National Guard were deployed (34,184 total). </P> <P> USCG helicopters rescue 1,037 people from roof tops . USCG air & surface units assist with the evacuation of 9,400 + patients and staff from hospitals in the greater New Orleans area . </P> <P> The 17th Street Canal levee breach was closed with truckloads of rock and sandbags . The canal reopened so that it could be used to pump water out of the city . 33,608 Army National Guard and 6,613 Air National Guard were deployed (40,221 total). </P>

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