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

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. Isaac's storm surge tops La. Levee Tropical Storm Isaac, downgraded from a hurricane about 19 hours after making landfall, drove water over a levee in a lightly populated part of Plaquemines Parish and forced evacuation of a neighborhood in St. John the Baptist Parish. 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. 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 Isaac weakens to tropical storm NEW ORLEANS -- Isaac, a vast storm that tore through southeastern Louisiana on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm after pushing floodwaters over a levee in marshy Plaquemines Parish and forcing the dramatic rescue of dozens of stranded residents. 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. 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 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. 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. Intentional levee breach weighed Intentional levee breach in Plaquemines Parish could send excess water from storm away from land, governor says
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