Shortcuts Melanie Martinez: the unluckiest woman in America. Last week hurricane Isaac destroyed the Louisiana resident's home — for the fifth time. Isaac moves inland as residents blame upgraded levees for flooding. Published: AM. Isaac moves inland and prompts warnings for Arkansas and Missouri. Tropical storm Isaac heads north from New Orleans — in pictures. Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series. Isaac downgraded to tropical storm as bad weather continues in New Orleans - video.
New Orleans defences hold up to Hurricane Isaac. Yahoo bureau chief says Mitt Romney is 'happy to have a party with black people drowning' - video. Thousands of others were displaced by floodwaters and had no idea where they would end up next. Some boarded buses t Hurricane Isaac: Rain stalls US crop harvest, some damage done. Rain and wind from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac are expected to move into the central US Midwest on Friday and into the weekend, stalling crop harvests and causing some localized damage, an agricultural meteorologist said.
Waning Isaac heads north but eyes turn to stricken dam. Torrential rain dumped by Hurricane Isaac threatened to burst a dam in Mississippi on Thursday, triggering the mass evacuation of local residents, while large areas of the region were still flooded and without power but getting ready to mop up. Rescues continue as Hurricane Isaac floods Louisiana, Obama declares federal emergency.
Isaac dropped unrelenting rain Thursday, flooding areas north and south of New Orleans, and officials had to scramble to evacuate and rescue people as waters quickly rose. Inside the city, there were bursts of sunshine, the fortified defenses held and life began to slowly get back to some sort of normalcy.
And man, I must say — what an ending it was! And for those that are deciding to break the law, they're really paying for it. Isaac Causing Big Problems, But Proving To Be Far Weaker Than Katrina Hurricane Isaac sidestepped New Orleans on Wednesday, sending the worst of its howling wind and heavy rain into a cluster of rural fishing villages that had few defenses against the slow-moving storm that could bring days of unending rain.
But they probably weren't counting on an impromptu "Tebowing. Hurricane Isaac August 28, Tropical Depression 9 formed east of the Lesser Antilles on the morning of August 21, By the afternoon hours on the 21st, Isaac had strengthened into a tropical storm. Isaac tracked westward through the eastern Caribbean Sea, into the Florida Straits and then into the southeast Gulf of Mexico through the early hours of August 27th, while maintaining high end tropical storm strength.
Tropical Storm Isaac then tracked northwest across the eastern Gulf of Mexico late on the 27th and early on the 28th. On the afternoon of August 28th, Isaac strengthened to a hurricane with winds of 80 mph just off the southeast Louisiana coast approximately 75 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
At pm on August 28th, Hurricane Isaac made a brief landfall along the coast of southeast Louisiana in Plaquemines Parish. Maximum sustained winds were 80mph during landfall. Isaac did not remain over land for long as the hurricane was back over water again by 9pm that same evening.
Hurricane Isaac made a 2nd landfall along the coast of southeast Louisiana just west of Port Fourchon around am on August 29th, again with maximum sustained winds of 80mph. The radar loop above shows the progression of Hurricane Isaac courtesy of University of Alabama in Huntsville.
As the inner core of Isaac moved very slowly north across central Louisiana over the course of August 29th and 30th, the outer bands of the hurricane lifted northward across portions of southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama, and the western Florida panhandle.
The slow movement of Isaac resulted in prolonged wind, coastal flooding and flash flooding impacts across the entire region. Overall the region fared well with regard to impacts from Hurricane Isaac.
Heavy flooding rains, especially over southeast Mississippi; and minor to moderate coastal flooding and erosion were the primary problems. No injuries were reported in association with Hurricane Isaac across the area.
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