New Orleans becomes a ghost town as residents flee Hurricane Isaac on seventh anniversary of Katrina (HOTOS)

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Empty: Bourbon Street - one of New Orleans' busiest hubs of activity - was virtually empty as residents prepared for the looming storm

Terrified New Orleans residents were today fearing a repeat of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina after powerful Tropical Storm Isaac was expected to batter the city on the seventh anniversary of the disaster.

Shop owners last night boarded up their businesses and the streets of the normally-bustling French Quarter are now eerily empty amid preparations for winds of over 100mph, which are predicted to hit the Gulf coast either this evening or tomorrow morning.

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