Plaquemines Parish residents grasp Isaac's devastation, face staggering undertaking of rebuilding 'Now I have nowhere,' flood victim says Isaac threatens Mississippi-Louisiana dam Louisiana officials praise first responders: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana - Officials thanks first responders for their quick response at a nursing home in Plaquemines Parish. Dam water released, levee cut due to Isaac Damaged dam near Louisiana-Mississippi border threatens 60,000; Plaquemines Parish levee intentionally breached 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. In this hardscrabble, mostly rural parish, even the sick and elderly are hardened storm veterans. Plaquemines Parish has long history with disasters Ever since the Mississippi River laid down this spit of silt and swamp grass, wind and water have conspired to drag it into the sea. And for almost as long, the oystermen, river pilots and others who call it home have... Dam, levee intentional breachings due to Isaac Damaged dam near Louisiana-Mississippi border threatens 60,000; Plaquemines Parish levee intentionally breached Breach in Plaquemines Parish levee expected to drain most Isaac flood water in Braithwaite in 24 hours 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... West bank of Plaquemines Parish still covered in storm surge WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. -- The west bank of Plaquemines Parish continued to see serious flooding Thursday afternoon, especially outside the levee protection system in the area of Ironton, Myrtle Grove and Pointe Celeste. Few people remained in these communities. One group near Ironton waited out the waters from the second floor of their home ... 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. In an attempt to retrieve Ricky Harvey from a roaring 5-foot Hurricane Isaac storm surge along Louisiana... Plaquemines Parish gets much of Isaac's fury Kim Duplantier's three-story colonial plantation-style home survived Hurricane Katrina, albeit with 3 feet of unwelcome water on the bottom floor. But Isaac, still a hurricane when it made landfall in Louisiana, had something more in mind.
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