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 Dam water released cut due intentional breachings Stranded 'act God' beleaguers rain forcing scores rescues

Plaquemines Parish residents grasp Isaac's devastation, face staggering undertaking of rebuilding 'Now I have nowhere,' flood victim says Two bodies found in flooded Louisiana home The bodies of a man and woman were found in 7 feet of water at a home in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, which was hit hard by Isaac, officials said late Thursday. 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,... 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 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. Animals hit hard by flooding in Plaquemines Parish Residents in Plaquemines Parish have been some of the hardest hit by Hurricane Isaac. Pets and livestock are also battling floodwaters. 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. Dam water released, levee cut due to Isaac Damaged dam near Louisiana-Mississippi border threatens 60,000; Plaquemines Parish levee intentionally breached 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 ...
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