Crews check homes for more fatalities in Plaquemines Parish
After the first casualties of Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana were found dead and floating in a kitchen filled with Isaac's floodwaters in eastern Plaquemines Parish late Thursday, deputies and others feared they would discover more bodies Friday as the ...www.nola.com
Three arrested in two looting incidents in Plaquemines Parish
Three men were arrested Friday in Plaquemines Parish in two separate incidents involving looting during the state of emergency declared for Hurricane Isaac, the Sheriff's Office announced.www.nola.com
NEW: Two bodies found at home in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Deja vu, man," said Billy Nungesser, the president of Plaquemines Parish, Thursday as he surveyed the hard-hit town of Ironton that was inundated by floodwaters and sludge.www.cnn.com
Plaquemines deputies arrest three for looting
The property taken, valued at approximately $500.00, was recovered and will be returned to the owner of the business when they return to Plaquemines Parish, Sheriff Greco said. In a second incident, detectives arrested Tyrone Anderson 47, of Marrero ...www.fox8live.com
Plaquemine Parish Update
Residents wishing to leave south Plaquemines Parish on the west bank can do so today, September 1, 2012, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.www.katc.com
Intentional breaching of levees underway in Plaquemines Parish
"Those marsh buggies that just passed are going down to go cut the levee on the west bank and we have two machines headed to the east bank," said Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser. "We will cut the levee in as many as 10 spots one each ...www.wwltv.com
In Louisiana, the Water Gives, and Takes Away
Venice sits at the end of the road in Plaquemines Parish, the marshy stretch of the southeastern tip of Louisiana that was the first landing point of Hurricane Isaac and the scene of perhaps its most thorough destruction.www.nytimes.com
Plaquemines Parish residents grasp Isaac's devastation, face staggering ...
When Tiekka Matthews obeyed a mandatory evacuation order in Plaquemines Parish on Monday and left her trailer in Braithwaite for Tropical Storm Isaac, she thought the soon-to-be hurricane would not strengthen.www.nola.com
Plaquemines Parish remains flooded by Isaac; levee to be breached
As Hurricane Isaac weakened to a tropical storm but continued to unleash heavy rain, winds and a dangerous storm surge along the northern Gulf Coast, authorities said they would breach a levee in flooded Plaquemines Parish to try to relieve pressure.www.latimes.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
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
Rescue under way for cattle left stranded by Hurricane Isaac in Plaquemines ...
A cattle roundup using boats and horses and a hay airlift were under way Friday for about 200 cattle stranded in Plaquemines Parish by Hurricane Isaac. The animals were being herded to a highway and levee near a refinery along Louisiana Highway 23 ...www.nola.com
Isaac floods Plaquemines Parish, an exposed piece of land with history of ...
And for almost as long, the oystermen, river pilots and others who call it home have refused to let go. 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 ...www.washingtonpost.com
Plaquemines Parish residents look at their flooded neighbourhood following ...
Plaquemines Parish resident Angela Serpas (C) and her son Lonnie look at their flooded neighbourhood for the first time following Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite, Louisiana September 1, 2012.www.trust.org
Plaquemines Parish President: Damage Is Just As Bad As Katrina
The eye of Isaac made its first landfall at Plaquemines Parish, a stretch of thin land southeast of New Orleans that extends into the Gulf from Louisiana.www.npr.org
Tension high in Braithwaite
On the first day that east bank Plaquemines Parish residents were allowed to access their home since Hurricane Isaac's tumult, to survey the damage and see if anything was salvageable, tensions were high.videos.nola.com
In Plaquemines Parish, Isaac 'terrifying'
The $14 billion spent improving Louisiana's levee system did not include the levees near Plaquemines Parish. Residents who decided to stay behind when Isaac hit the region had to be rescued from their flooded homes.video.msnbc.msn.com
Breach in Plaquemines Parish levee expected to drain most Isaac flood water in ...
State crews intentionally breached the back levee Thursday that had been trapping more than a dozen feet of Hurricane Isaac's flood waters in Plaquemines Parish. The breach is expected to drain most of the roughly 8 feet of water still remaining in ...www.nola.com
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Levee Will Be Breached Amid Flooding, State ...
NEW ORLEANS -- A state official says the levee in southeast Louisiana's Isaac-flooded Plaquemines Parish will be breached to relieve pressure on it.www.huffingtonpost.com
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.abcnews.go.com
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