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Marlaine Peachey works in the mayor's office in Mandeville, La. During severe weather she mans the office 24-7. She tells Steve Inskeep that Hurricane Issac was a water event they didn't expect.
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The storm continues to pound much of the Gulf Coast, and convention organizers continue to try to show they can combine politicking, partying and showing concern.
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The video shows the tropical cyclone churning slowly, its outer bands stretching for 200 miles.
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Rain from Hurricane Isaac has topped an 18 foot section of a levee in southeastern Louisiana. For more on what's going on in the area, Steve Inskeep talks to Jennifer Hale, a reporter for local television station WVUE.
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Hurricane Isacc made landfall in Louisiana Tuesday night, and is battering the Gulf Coast with high winds and a lot of rain. The storm is moving very slowly, and New Orleans has yet to see the worst of the winds.
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One man said he and his family retreated to the attic of his home because the water had reached the top of the door frame.
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Nearly a third of the homes in Louisiana are without power, even as a downgraded Isaac, now a tropical storm, continued to cause damage.
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Hurricane Isaac came ashore Tuesday night in southern Louisiana. But it's such a massive and slow-moving storm, that rain is expected to keep falling — perhaps through Thursday. That's of particular concern in New Orleans.
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A second storm detached itself from Hurricane Isaac and is moving up the Atlantic Coast. It dumped nearly eight inches of rain over South Carolina on Tuesday.
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While Hurricane Issac is less powerful than Katrina which struck seven years ago, it has already cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people. In addition water has topped a levee in southeastern Louisiana.