Riding boats, Plaquemines residents survey damage done to their homes by Isaac
As Hurricane Isaac-driven water continued to recede in Plaquemines Parish, officials Saturday began giving east bank evacuees an opportunity to ride on designated boats to survey the damage to their homes and collect any salvageable possessions.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
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
Plaquemines deputies arrest three for looting
Federal funding is available to affected individuals in Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany parishes.more>>. Federal funding is available to affected individuals in Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. John ...www.fox8live.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
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
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
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
Tensions run high in Braithwaite as residents return home after Hurricane Isaac
On the first day that east bank Plaquemines Parish residents were allowed to access their homes since Hurricane Isaac's tumult, to survey the damage and see whether anything was salvageable, tensions were high.www.nola.com
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
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
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
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.usnews.com
Water Tops Levee in Plaquemines Parish
By Mike Esterl and Timothy W. Martin. Officials in Plaquemines Parish, south of New Orleans, confirmed an area levee has been overflowing since early Wednesday, flooding a neighborhood with up to 12 feet of water.blogs.wsj.com
Disasters familiar to hard-hit Plaquemines Parish
(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 and perhaps the hardest place hit by Isaac. In this hardscrabble, mostly ...www.google.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
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
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