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. FULL POST
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Post by: Brian Todd Filed under: Anderson Cooper • Hurricane Isaac • Hurricanes • Isaac • Plaquemines Parish |
Hurricane Isaac's floodwaters are reminiscent of Katrina. See the latest in Mississippi, where a dam threatens to breach.
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Post by: John Zarrella Filed under: Anderson Cooper • floods • Hurricane Isaac • Hurricanes • Isaac • Mississippi • New Orleans |
As Tropical Storm Isaac gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend Anderson flew from the Republican National Convention in Tampa to New Orleans.
On Tuesday, shortly after 11 a.m. CDT Isaac was upgraded to a Category 1 storm according to the National Hurricane Center. At 6:45 p.m. CDT the National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated that Isaac made a first landfall along the coast of southeast Louisiana in the marshland of Plaquemines Parish, southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. After wobbling back over the water near the mouth of the Mississippi River, Isaac then made a second landfall at about 2 a.m. CDT near Port Fourchon, 60 miles southeast of New Orleans, according to an early morning update by the National Hurricane Center.
Watch Anderson's reports below... FULL POST
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: Hurricane Isaac • Hurricanes • Isaac |
Behind the scenes photos of Anderson and his CNN team in the field covering Hurricane Isaac.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: Behind The Scenes • Hurricane Isaac • Hurricanes • Isaac • Susan Chun |
Watch 7p – 12a ET for live coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. Anderson Cooper reports live tonight on Hurricane Isaac from the Mississippi riverfront in New Orleans. At 1 a.m. ET tune in to see "Best of the RNC Convention Speeches". FULL POST
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: 2012 Election • Hurricane Isaac • Hurricanes • Isaac • Republican National Convention |
CNN's Gary Tuchman talks to people on the ground in Haiti awaiting the landfall of Tropical Storm Isaac.
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Post by: Gary Tuchman Filed under: Anderson Cooper • Haiti • Isaac |
Sean Penn's J/P HRO foundation is helping Haitians prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. He talks to Anderson Cooper.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: Haiti • Haiti Earthquake • Hurricanes • Isaac • Sean Penn |
CNN's Gary Tuchman: "I've never gone to a city, and a capitol like Port au Prince, and seen no preparations whatsoever."
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Post by: Gary Tuchman Filed under: Anderson Cooper • Haiti • Hurricanes • Isaac • Ismael Estrada • Weather |
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