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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
Major offshore oil drillers were returning staff to their platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, although operations were expected to take several days to ramp up...Isaac left some homes in the state under 3.6 metres of water. More than 500,000 homes and...
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MarketWatch
| 10 months ago
As Hurricane Isaac clears out of the Gulf Coast, analysts are sweeping in to assess the economic damage. New Orleans resident Diana Whipple watches waves crash on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Isaac approached the city Tuesday. The initial read...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 10 months ago
Special to the Ledger-Enquirer Hurricane Isaac managed to get the attention of citizens in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana as this very slow moving storm crossed the Gulf. The Midwest is also on alert for heavy rain as Isaac...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The remnants of Hurricane Isaac continue to cause headaches on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the lower Mississippi Valley as Gulf Coast residents get ready to start their cleanup efforts...New Orleans Mayor Mitch...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The remnants of Hurricane Isaac trudged north on Thursday and U.S. Gulf Coast residents started to mop up and assess damage, even as much of Louisiana was still flooded and without power. Isaac, which was downgraded to a tropical depression on...
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PRWeb
| 10 months ago
August 30, 2012 Travel website TripShock.com is pleased to report that weather conditions in Northwest Florida have improved and Labor Day Weekend activities will be in full swing. Hurricane Isaac had very little impact on the area and most local...
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The Courier-Mail
| 10 months ago
US Gulf Coast are urging residents to seek shelter amid fears a dam could fail as Tropical Storm Isaac douses an already drenched region. Local officials in Mississippi called for precautionary evacuations of the area near Lake Tangipahoa after the...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
30 August 2012 Their bewildered faces give some clue to the devastation all around them. But these cats and dogs are symbols of hope amidst the devastation wrought all around them by Hurricane Isaac on the Gulf Coast. They are among 181 pets from...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 10 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 2 hours ago Associated Press Nearly half of Louisiana is without power as Tropical Storm Isaac moves inland. The Public Service Commission says 901,000 homes and businesses around the state _ about 47...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Hurricane Isaac has brought torrential rain and heavy flooding to the New Orleans area but residents and authorities were relieved the damage was nowhere near the scale of Katrina's devastation in 2005. The category 1 hurricane hit New Orleans with...
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Boston Globe
| 10 months ago
A steady armada of utility service trucks drive through Waveland, Miss., to assist residents left without power from Hurricane Isaac, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Signs of life returned to the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Thursday as curfews were lifted and...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Isaac, once a Category One hurricane but now just a tropical storm, is expected to be downgraded further to a tropical depression by late Thursday. In the meantime, the storm continues to pack winds of 45 miles per hour and pour down about feet of...
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Los Angeles Times
| 10 months ago
Hundreds of thousands of weary Gulf Coast residents remained without power Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac slowly headed inland, posing new threats of heavy flooding. Already, rising waters have forced scores of residents from their homes. "Even...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
Eyder Peralta Errol Ragas walks past a cemetery to recover dry blankets from his home as rising waters from Hurricane Isaac flood the neighborhood of Oakville in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Errol Ragas walks past a cemetery to recover dry blankets...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Hurricane Isaac was downgraded to a tropical storm despite continuing bad weather in the state. US president Barack Obama told an audience in Charlottesville, Virginia to keep their thoughts and prayers with those affected
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Isaac is expected to lose its tropical storm status late Thursday as it heads north towards Arkansas and Missouri. The centre of the storm has now passed New Orleans, seven years after the devastating and much stronger Hurricane Katrina. Isaac was...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
A vehicle is submerged in flood waters in Jourdan River Shores neighborhood as Hurricane Isaac passes through Kiln, Mississippi, August 29, 2012. VOA News August 30, 2012 Forecasters say Tropical Storm Isaac will weaken to a tropical depression...
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PRWeb
| 10 months ago
Hurricane Isaac will pound the US Gulf Coast and move on, with thousands of residents having to return home to face the aftermath. August 30, 2012 Restoration Local, one of the leading providers of water damage repair and restoration in the United...
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Al Jazeera
| 10 months ago
13 Isaac has caused widespread flooding in the southeast, particularly in New Orleans in Louisiana [EPA] Hurricane Issac has been downgraded to a tropical storm, after dumping huge amounts of rain on the US Gulf Coast as its moves inland with the...
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Indian Express
| 10 months ago
The former Category One hurricane is likely to become a tropical depression on Thursday, and move over southern Arkansas by early Friday, the National Hurricane Center said. As Isaac ebbs, post-mortems should show that an elaborate flood containment...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Louisiana's Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal has shot off a second letter to President Barack Obama within days, seeking more and urgent federal aid for his state and declaration of emergency in the entire region, from where hundreds of people...
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The News-Star
| 10 months ago
In view of the arrival of Hurricane Isaac with its potential impact of heavy rains with lake wind warnings in effect, this week's fishing report will be simple batten down the hatches and stay inside until this thing moves away from us. Should our...
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SF Gate
| 10 months ago
President Barack Obama has declared federal emergencies in areas of Louisiana and Mississippi hit hard by Isaac, moving to speed federal aid and recovery efforts to the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast. Obama signed the orders late Wednesday covering 35...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 10 months ago
Scientists warn that risks from hurricanes and tropical storms striking Texas' long, low coast are increasing. Causes, they say, include faster sea-level rise and stronger hurricanes from global Comments
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The News & Observer
| 10 months ago
Average gas prices clicked a nickel higher overnight Wednesday in the Triangle and across the United States, and we can thank Hurricane Isaac for that. After making landfall Tuesday in Louisiana, Isaac is slowly moving up the Mississippi River valley.
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The Tribune
| 10 months ago
GOP exception to call for less spending Isaac aid: GOP exception to call for less spending One by one, Republican leaders have lined up at their national convention to push for less government and accuse President Barack Obama of profligate spending.
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USA Today
| 10 months ago
Social media's reach may be far greater than Isaac's storm front. Tens of thousands of relief workers, government officials, hospitals and residents looking for up-to-date information are using social media to stay abreast of what's happening with...
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The Economic Times
| 10 months ago
Hurricane Isaac has caused up to $1 billion in economic losses for offshore energy properties and up to $1.5 billion in insured losses onshore in Louisiana and neighboring states, disaster modeler Eqecat said on Wednesday. While the estimates are...
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PRWeb
| 10 months ago
The Sandpiper Beacon Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Florida, upgraded an existing webcam installation in preparation for the impact of Hurricane Isaac. Since the upgrades, the path of Hurricane Isaac has moved to the west, away from Panama City...
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PRWeb
| 10 months ago
August 29, 2012 After multiple reports were released from the National Guard warning Americans to prepare for sustained crisis situations during Hurricane Isaac, the water purification systems company Berkey Water Filter Folks, announced a new Free...
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Muncie Free Press
| 10 months ago
Tropical Storm Isaac has been pounding the Gulf Coast since it first made landfall yesterday evening. Since that time, nearly a million people are without power in the region while rescue attempts have started for those suffering from flooding during...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
A New Orleans police car navigates through debris as Hurricane Isaac passes through Louisiana. Isaac has pounded New Orleans and the northern Gulf Coast, delivering gale-force winds, heavy rain and the promise of flooding across an area from...
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Towleroad
| 10 months ago
Suomi-NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of Tropical Storm Isaac and the cities near the Gulf Coast of the United States...In other Isaac news, the storm will continue to beat the gulf coastwell into Thursday : As of 10 a.m...ET), Isaac's...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
VOA News August 29, 2012 Hurricane Isaac is dumping heavy rains and battering the northern U.S. Gulf Coast with strong winds as it slowly crawls ashore and heads towards the city of New Orleans...National Hurricane Center says the center of the storm...
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CNN
| 10 months ago
Gas prices spiked 4.8 cents a gallon nationwide as Hurricane Isaac cut output from Gulf Coast refineries. Gas prices shot up by nearly 5 cents a gallon nationwide Wednesday after Hurricane Isaac cut output from refineries along the Gulf Coast. But...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
EDT After raking Louisiana coast, Hurricane Isaac struck the Gulf Coast at 80-mph winds as the outer bands of hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surge battered New Orleans, Los Angeles Times reported. Fierce winds and heavy rains blacked out...
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Leonia Life
| 10 months ago
Bush was criticized for how his administration responded to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Just around a year ago, Hurricane Irene caused $19 billion in damages and widespread flooding in New Jersey. That storm...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
EDT Tropical storm Isaac has become a hurricane and made a landfall in Louisiana. Lashing the coastal region with winds up to a speed of 80 miles (130 kms), Hurricane Isaac is heading toward New Orleans, the city which was devastated seven years ago...
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Israel National News
| 10 months ago
He called on them to heed instructions from local officials, and to evacuate if necessary.
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Hurricane Isaac made landfall in the US state of Louisiana, bringing high winds, soaking rains and posing the first test for the costly flood-protection system built after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that killed over 18,000 people in 2005.
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Truthdig
| 10 months ago
Aug 28, 2012 Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana on Tuesday evening as a Category 1 storm, bringing with it wind gusts that reached speeds of up to 106 miles per hour off the state's southeast coast. Isaac was upgraded to a hurricane from a...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Hurricane Isaac neared landfall on the coast of Louisiana early Tuesday evening and was heading straight for New Orleans, the National Hurricane Center reported...Eastern), its eye was just 15 miles south-southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| 10 months ago
As Hurricane Isaac nears the Gulf Coast on the eve of the 7-year anniversary of Katrina's arrival, it's drawing comparisons to the storm that devastated the region and killed hundreds...Katrina: Hurricane Katrina made landfall seven years ago as a...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Tropical Storm Isaac has officially turned into Category 1 Hurricane Isaac. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Isaac became a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday with winds of 75 mph and could grow even stronger. Share This Story While residents in...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
59 Zeenews Bureau Chauvin: Tropical storm Isaac, packing swirling winds and rains, became a hurricane on Tuesday as it bore down on the on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans. The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Isaac became a Category 1...
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Houston Chronicle
| 10 months ago
The good (drought buster) and the bad ($1 billion) Good morning. Isaac is nearing the Louisiana coast so let's get right to it. Isaac remains a strong tropical storm this morning with 70 mph winds but it has not yet reached hurricane status despite...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
A somber President Obama warned residents of the Gulf Coast not to "tempt fate" if asked by officials to evacuate as Tropical Storm Isaac took aim at the area. The president declared Louisiana a disaster area Monday in advance of Isaac's landfall.
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The Courier-Mail
| 10 months ago
Barack Obama has warned of significant damage and flooding from Tropical Storm Isaac, telling people in its path to take the "big storm" seriously and follow directions. "I want to encourage all residents of the Gulf Coast to listen to your local...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
Evacuations are taking place along coastal areas and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is advising holidaymakers to monitor local media and weather advisories and contact local authorities or their tour operator for advice and to check travel...
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CNN
| 10 months ago
Hurricane Isaac The Red Cross hurricane app lets you track activity and gives tips on storm preparedness. (CNN) -- For those of us who live inland, hurricane-tracking seems more a curious indulgence, but if you live along the coastal regions in a...
