Hurricane Isaac Targets New Orleans URGENT Overtops Levee Flooding Widespread Soaks Gulf Coast and Tests Levees Plaquemines Parish has long history with disasters La. official will be breached amid flooding tops Louisiana levee | Video Reporters Residents Dig In As Blasts Shore floodwaters top ordered to evacuate residents rescued by boat from flooded homes floods an exposed piece of land being hit storms makes landfall in southeastern Floodwaters overtop weakens but parts are under water Rescues Escaping the man stuck attic calls local TV station

Plaquemines Parish has long history with disasters Ever since the Mississippi River laid down this spit of silt and swamp grass, wind and water have conspired to drag it into the sea. And for almost as long, the oystermen, river pilots and others who call it home have refused to let go. 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. 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. Levees in New Orleans to be breached to relieve pressure from Isaac A state official says the levee in southeast Louisiana's Isaac-flooded Plaquemines Parish will be br 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. Isaac steers clear of direct blow on New Orleans But in Plaquemines Parish, about two dozen people who defied evacuation orders needed to be rescued. 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. Water levels in Plaquemines drop 7 feet with Caernarvon opening to relieve Isaac stress State officials opened the Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion to drain the east bank of Plaquemines Parish this afternoon, and immediately drained seven feet of water into the Mississippi River. The diversion project, located near the border between Plaquemines and St. Bernard... National Guard ends rescue efforts in flooded area NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana National Guard says they've wrapped up rescue operations in Plaquemines Parish, which was hit hard by flooding as Isaac stormed through. 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.
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