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 Faithbased Groups Respond Aftermath residents rescued by boat from flooded homes floods an exposed piece of land being hit storms Husband saves wife Dam intentional breachings due water released cut

Crews check homes for more fatalities in Plaquemines Parish No other deaths from Hurricane Isaac had been reported as of Friday evening Isaac update from Plaquemines Parish "Currently there is no access to the following areas: Entire east bank and any areas south of Phillips66 on the west bank." Three arrested in two looting incidents in Plaquemines Parish One is being sought in one of the cases As Isaac nears, Louisiana town puts faith in post-Katrina improvements Plaquemines Parish has $2bn in rebuilt infrastructure, but many in this area south of New Orleans are wary of high water Plaquemines Parish styles itself as a "Blue Ribbon Resilient Community" and its location demands a certain ingrained stubbornness from those who call it home. It probably appears desolate and defensive even on a sunny day as state highway 23 winds along the Mississippi River ... Plaquemines Parish residents grasp Isaac's devastation, face staggering undertaking of rebuilding 'Now I have nowhere,' flood victim says Intentional breaching of levees underway in Plaquemines Parish Maya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News Email: mrodriguez@wwltv.com | Twitter: @mrodriguezwwl BELLE CHASSE, La.-- With miles of Plaquemines Parish now under several feet of water, intentional breaching of the parish's back is now underway. "Those marsh buggies that just passed are going down to go cut the levee on the west bank and we have two machines headed to the east bank," said Plaquemines ... Isaac's surge still danger for Louisiana Parts of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana are still under water tonight three days after Hurricane Issac hit the state. The Braithwaite levees in the parish were built to withstand tidal waters, not storm surge, and that means there is no where for the floodwater to drain out to relieve the area. Parish President Billy Nungesser said [...] Disasters familiar to hard-hit Plaquemines Parish 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 continues long history with disasters By: The Associated Press 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. But in Isaac,... 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 ...
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