Hurricane Isaac Targets New Orleans URGENT Overtops Levee Flooding Widespread Soaks Gulf Coast and Tests Levees weakens to tropical storm tops Louisiana levee | Video Plaquemines Parish has long history with disasters La. official will be breached amid flooding Reporters Residents Dig In As Blasts Shore makes landfall in southeastern floodwaters top ordered evacuate residents rescued by boat from flooded homes floods an exposed piece of land being hit storms Stranded 'act God' beleaguers rain forcing scores rescues leaves stranded Floodwaters overtop

Plaquemines Parish has long history with disasters BELLE CHASE, La. (AP) — Isaac brought severe flooding to southeastern Louisiana, hitting Plaquemines Parish particularly hard. Homes were inundated and dozens of people had to be rescued by boat after the storm pushed water over the top of a levee. Officials said they were going to puncture a hole in the levee, but they first had to wait for the winds to die down. Ever since the Mississippi ... Isaac threatens Mississippi-Louisiana dam Louisiana officials praise first responders: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana - Officials thanks first responders for their quick response at a nursing home in Plaquemines Parish. West bank of Plaquemines Parish still covered in storm surge WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. -- The west bank of Plaquemines Parish continued to see serious flooding Thursday afternoon, especially outside the levee protection system in the area of Ironton, Myrtle Grove and Pointe Celeste. Few people remained in these communities. One group near Ironton waited out the waters from the second floor of their home ... Isaac: Dam water released, levee cut Damaged dam near Louisiana-Mississippi border threatens 60,000; Plaquemines Parish levee intentionally breached Plaquemines Parish gets much of Isaac's fury Kim Duplantier's three-story colonial plantation-style home survived Hurricane Katrina, albeit with 3 feet of unwelcome water on the bottom floor. But Isaac, still a hurricane when it made landfall in Louisiana, had something more in mind. Crews Start Breaching Levee Stressed By Isaac Crews are breaching a levee stressed by Isaac's floodwaters in southeast Louisiana's hard-hit Plaquemines Parish. CPSO Deploys 20 Deputies to Plaquemines Parish This morning around 10:00, twenty Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office deputies were deployed to Plaquemines Parish on a law enforcement mission. Sheriff Mancuso spoke to Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco early this morning who said their parish was devastated by Hurricane Isaac and they needed assistance. The CPSO deputies will be there for six days, then a reassessment will be made to ... Disasters familiar to hard-hit Plaquemines Parish BELLE CHASSE, La. — As water lapped over a levee, officials rushed to evacuate more than 100 nursing home residents from Plaquemines Parish, an area with a reputation for weathering storms and perhaps the hardest place hit by Isaac. In this hardscrabble, mostly rural parish, even the sick and elderly are hardened storm veterans. Plaquemines Parish plans levee cut amid Isaac troubles In Isaac, the residents of Plaquemines Parish are battling an adversary some fear they may have underestimated, even as it weakens to a tropical storm. Plaquemines sheriff swept away, saved in dramatic Hurricane Isaac rescue "The rescuers need to be rescued," Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Capt. Keith Wattigney darkly joked against the backdrop of an angry Hurricane Isaac sky. In an attempt to retrieve Ricky Harvey from a roaring 5-foot Hurricane Isaac storm surge along Louisiana...
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