A man rides a bicycle on Canal Street on Saturday in New Orleans as Tropical Storm Barry nears landfall.

Gordon Helman carries a business poster he picked up from the road as he rides his bike through stiff winds and stinging rain in Morgan City, Louisiana.

Karon Hill, left, and Celeste Cruz battle the wind and rain from Barry as it nears landfall Saturday in New Orleans.

Wesley Vinson wades through storm surge from Lake Pontchartrain on Lakeshore Drive in Mandeville, Louisiana, as Barry approaches Saturday.

Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, left center, helps move a wooden barricade to block a road where water was rising in Plaquemines Parish just south of New Orleans as Barry makes landfall along the coast on Saturday.

Chris Nguyen and his father, Trung, look at the moving water that breached the top of a levee in Plaquemines Parish just south of New Orleans as Barry makes landfall along the coast on Saturday.

Collen Schiller and Wesley Vinson wade through storm surge from Lake Pontchartrain on Lakeshore Drive in Mandeville, La., Saturday. The waves are caused by the wind and storm surge from Barry in the Gulf of Mexico. Mandeville is on the north shore of the lake, while New Orleans is on the south shore.

Water breached a back levee in Plaquemines Parish just south of New Orleans forcing a last minute roundup of cattle near Myrtle Grove, La., as Barry makes landfall along the coast on Saturday.

A vehicle kicks up a water spray as winds and rain increase in Morgan City, Louisiana, Saturday morning as Barry approaches.

Todd Hoffpauir apologizes to a customer that he was out of inventory at his Morgan City, Louisiana, donut shop on Saturday. Hoffpauir had not intended to open his business, because of the threat of Tropical Storm Barry to the area, but he said once the police from the station next door saw he was in the building, the demand was overwhelming and he ended up making and selling donuts for over five hours.

Richmond, New Hampshire’s Alicia Drew, a volunteer with the American Red Cross, talks next to her cot inside Live Oak Junior High School’s gymnasium, at a shelter there that she was managing for the Livingston Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness on Saturday.

Barry Williams talks to a friend on his smartphone as he wades through storm surge from Lake Pontchartrain on Lakeshore Drive in Mandeville, Louisiana.