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Isaac swamps Louisiana and Mississippi Downgraded from a hurricane on Aug. 29, the tropical storm threatens widespread flooding along the Gulf Coast.
Aug. 29, 2012
A boat is washed ashore in the harbor as Isaac passes Pass Christian, Miss.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Residents of the Cambridge Neighborhood of LaPlace, La., flee rising floodwaters from Isaac.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Isaac's winds and storm surge overcomes the seawall and floods South Beach Boulevard in Waveland, Miss., on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast.
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Aug. 29, 2012
A pelican fights the wind as water rises over Interstate 10 at Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Sam Maltese, right, wipes his face while being rescued from his flooded home, as Lanny LaFrance steers the boat in Braithwaite, La.
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Aug. 29, 2012
A man points to other people stranded by the rising water during Hurricane Isaac in LaPlace, La. The Category 1 hurricane slowly moved across southeast Louisiana, dumping large amounts of rain and knocking out power.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Research students from the University of Alabama measure wind speeds as rain from Hurricane Isaac hits New Orleans.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Against the advice of authorities, young people frolic in the high surf on the Lake Pontchartrain waterfront in Mandeville, La., as Isaac batters the north shore with high winds and high tides.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Boats are battered in the harbor as Hurricane Isaac passes through Pass Christian, Miss. The slow-moving Category 1 hurricane was felt along the Gulf Coast, threatening to flood towns in Mississippi and Louisiana with storm surges of up to 12 feet and top sustained winds up to 75 mph.
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Reuters
Aug. 29, 2012
A rescue boat passes a partially submerged stop sign in Braithwaite, La. Dozens of people were reported rescued in the area after levees in Plaquemines Parish were overtopped by floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Chuck Cropp, center, wades through floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac alongside son Piers and wife Liz in New Orleans.
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
A rescue truck sits atop a levee in Braithwaite, La.
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Aug. 29, 2012
A traffic light glows red after being downed by Hurricane Isaac’s winds in New Orleans.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Two men navigate a sidewalk along a drenched Canal Street as Hurricane Isaac arrives in New Orleans.
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Aug. 29, 2012
A vehicle travels down Canal Street amid rainfall from Hurricane Isaac in New Orleans.
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Aug. 28, 2012
The Suomi-NPP satellite captured a night view of then-Tropical Storm Isaac in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Aug. 29, 2012
A man and a dog, who were rescued from their flooded homes, are loaded into a Louisiana National Guard truck, after Hurricane Isaac made landfall and flooded homes with 10 feet of water in Braithwaite, La., in Plaquemines Parish.
Gerald Herbert
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
From left, Lessie Lewis, Devin Lewis, Kodi Lewis and Cindy Lewis stand on the front porch as flood waters surround their home on St. Roch Avenue as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in New Orleans.
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Reuters
Aug. 29, 2012
People and a dog who were rescued from their flooded homes are loaded into a Louisiana National Guard truck, after rain from Hurricane Isaac flooded homes with 10 feet of water in the community of Braithwaite, La., in Plaquemines Parish, a rural area that is home to about 25,000 people.
Gerald Herbert
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
Exhausted evacuees from Plaquemines Parish sit in the back of an emergency response vehicle stopped atop a levee.
Chris Granger
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Times-Picayune via AP
Aug. 29, 2012
People stand in line for supplies on Elysian Fields Avenue as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in New Orleans.
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Romaule Williams Jr. and Toccara Williams of Davant, La., hold their 5-month-old daughter, Ra-Maaz, at a shelter in Belle Chasse, La. Plaquemines Parish ordered a mandatory evacuation for the west bank of the Mississippi River below Belle Chasse because of worries about a storm surge. The order affected about 3,000 people, including a nursing home with 112 residents.
Gerald Herbert
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
A couple walks by bricks that fell from a building along the deserted streets of New Orleans, as Hurricane Isaac battered the city and surrounding region, flooding homes and driving stormy waters over the top of at least one levee, seven years to the day after Katrina devastated the city. Packing vicious winds of 80 miles per hour and rolling slowly over Louisiana, Isaac, which was later downgraded to a tropical storm, has dumped huge quantities of rain on the city.
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Aug. 29, 2012
Members of the Army National Guard patrol Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in New Orleans. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1 hurricane. It came ashore early Tuesday near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the gulf.
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
Waves roll over a flooded U.S. 90 in Biloxi, Miss. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2012. Isaac came ashore Tuesday evening near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Sun Herald via AP
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