URGENT Isaac Overtops Levee Flooding Widespread Hurricane Targets New Orleans Soaks Gulf Coast and Tests Levees tops Louisiana levee | Video As floodwaters top Plaquemines ordered to evacuate Reporters Residents Dig In Blasts Shore makes landfall in southeastern Rescues amid flooding La. man stuck attic calls local TV station Nungesser on Parish rescues Sen. David Vitter briefing Wind prevents overtopping Salt creeping up the Mississippi River Mandatory evacs

Plaquemines Parish President: Damage Is Just As Bad As Katrina One man said he and his family retreated to the attic of his home because the water had reached the top of the door frame. Intentional levee breach weighed Intentional levee breach in Plaquemines Parish could send excess water from storm away from land, governor says Hurricane Isaac rescues in Plaquemines Parish so far thanks to Jesse Shaffer and son Two of the men responsible for many of the hurricane Isaac rescue efforts thus far are Jesse Shaffer, 25 of Braithwaite, his father, Jesse Schaffer Sr., 53. The younger Shaffer says he has a Woodlawn firefighter aboard his boat and that his father also has someone helping him. Isaac pushes over Plaquemines Parish levee Hurricane Isaac pushes water over a rural levee to flood homes and trap residents in Plaquemines Parish, south of New Orleans. Hurricane Isaac flooding in Plaquemines Parish prompts major rescue effort Parish President Billy Nungesser said he wants to cut a hole in the Mississippi River levee to drain the Braithwaite area Isaac brings extensive damage in Plaquemines Parish PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (AP) — Officials report extensive damage in Plaquemines Parish in southeast Louisiana, where Isaac made landfall with top winds of 80 mph. Isaac made landfall at 6:45 CDT Tuesday night. Isaac's storm surge swelled the Mississippi River from its mouth upriver to New Orleans. In parts of Plaquemines, the river was lapping at the levee top. Power outages are widespread and ... Isaac's storm surge tops Louisiana levee NEW ORLEANS - Authorities say storm surge driven by Hurricane Isaac has overtopped a levee today in a thinly populated part of Plaquemines Parish, south of New Orleans. Floodgates closed in New Orleans as Isaac approaches; official says system is working NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Isaac pounded through southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday with 80 mph winds that sent water gushing over levees in marshy Plaquemines Parish and knocked out power to more than 500,000 homes and businesses. Read full article >> Isaac weakens to tropical storm, New Orleans orders dusk-to-dawn curfew WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV NEWORLEANS — Hurricane Isaac was downgraded to a Tropical Storm with 70 mph winds at 2 p.m. Wednesday, more than 18 hours after first making landfall in Plaquemines Parish and beginning a slow churn off the coast. An 80-mph Category 1 system that made its landfall at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Isaac struck seven years to the day that Hurricane ... As Isaac floodwaters top levee, Plaquemines ordered to evacuate Plaquemines Parish officials have ordered a mandatory evacuation as flooding from Hurricane Isaac topped a levee Wednesday morning.
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