Plaquemines Parish Nursing Home Evacuation: Disasters Familiar To Hard-Hit ...
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.www.huffingtonpost.com
Plaquemines Parish gets worst of New Orleans weather from Isaac
August 30, 2012 (NEW ORLEANS) -- 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.abclocal.go.com
Rescues in Plaquemines Parish
Rescues in Plaquemines Parish. The New Orleans levees are holding but water is coming over the rural levees in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Dozens of people are being rescued in Plaquemines Parish. NBC's Gabe Gutierriez reports. Share This: ...video.msnbc.msn.com
Plaquemines sheriff swept away, saved in dramatic Hurricane Isaac rescue
"The rescuers need to be rescued," Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Capt. Keith Wattigney darkly joked against the backdrop of an angry Hurricane Isaac sky.www.nola.com
Isaac causes overnight flooding on west bank of Plaquemines Parish, corps report
There was significant flooding from Tropical Storm Isaac overnight in protected areas of the west bank of Plaquemines Parish, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. The worst areas affected were from La Reussite, where it rose to 5 feet, to St. Jude ...www.nola.com
Plaquemines Parish has long history with disasters
But 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.www.google.com
Dam water released, levee cut due to Isaac
With water still trapped between two floodwalls in Plaquemines Parish, a sparsely populated area south of New Orleans that is outside the federal levee system, officials began letting the standing water drain back into the Mississippi River and marshland.www.cbsnews.com
Disasters familiar to hard-hit Plaquemines Parish
By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press - 1 minute ago. BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) - 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 ...www.google.com
Hurricane Isaac rescues in Plaquemines Parish so far thanks to Jesse Shaffer ...
Two of the men responsible for many of the Hurricane Isaac rescue efforts in Plaquemines Parish thus far are Jesse Shaffer, 25 of Braithwaite, his father, Jesse Schaffer Sr.www.nola.com
HESCO and Plaquemines Parish prepare for Isaac
28, 2012 -- PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HESCO Bastion Environmental, Inc., the manufacturer of HESCO baskets used for flood control and environmental protection, said today that it was working closely with Federal, state, ...www.sacbee.com
Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish hit hard by Hurricane Isaac
as we speak, rescue efforts are under way in new orleans, specifically in plaquemines parish . hurricane isaac 's storm surge topped the levee leaving people stranded.video.msnbc.msn.com
Teen Plaquemines Parish evacuee comforted by family in Houston
HOUSTON—A 15-year-old who left her mother and home behind in Plaquemines Parish isn't sure what will be there if and when she returns.www.khou.com
Isaac weakens to tropical storm but still threatens major flooding
NEW ORLEANS - Isaac, a vast storm that tore through southeastern Louisiana on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm after pushing floodwaters over a levee in marshy Plaquemines Parish and forcing ...www.washingtonpost.com
Plaquemines Parish set to punch hole in levee to help drain area overtopped by ...
Plaquemines Parish set to punch hole in levee to help drain area overtopped by surge. Plaquemines Parish set to punch hole in levee to help drain area overtopped by surge.www.wwltv.com
Plaquemines Parish, Southeast Of New Orleans, Faces Additional Threats From ...
Outside the city, in low-lying Plaquemines Parish, which stretches southeast from New Orleans, emergency officials said floodwaters had flowed over an 8-foot (2.4-metre) high levee between the Braithwaite and White Ditch districts.www.huffingtonpost.com
Tropical Storm Isaac updates for Plaquemines Parish
"Plaquemines Parish officials are coordinating with officials from St. Bernard Parish, GOHSEP, the National Guard, Coast Guard, State Police, the US Army Corps of Engineers and other state agencies to rescue stranded residents on the east bank of ...www.wwl.com
Hurricane Isaac: Plaquemines Parish levee breached as New Orleans weathers ...
In low-lying Plaquemines Parish, which stretches southeast from New Orleans, emergency officials reported the overtopping of an 8-foot (2.4-metre) high levee between the Braithwaite and White Ditch districts.www.newsday.com
Plaquemines Parish Pres.: Isaac is flooding some areas more than Katrina
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungusser gives updates on Hurricane Isaac's impact on his Parish in Louisiana. Nungesser says, "Those levees, we were raising them every year for the last several years with parish money.cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com
Plaquemines Parish president: Worse than "worst case scenario"
Plaquemines Parish president: Worse than "worst case scenario". Plaquemines Parish president Billy Nungesser gives update on levee overtopping from Hurricane Isaac, which could lead to significant flooding.cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com
Hurricane Isaac transforms Caernarvon into Plaquemines Parish rescue site
As Hurricane Isaac's winds hammered Plaquemines Parish Wednesday morning, and tidal flooding trapped an unknown number of residents in and on top of their homes on the east bank, Jerry Lang thought back to Hurricane Katrina.www.nola.com
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