An immediate mass evacuation has been ordered in Louisiana's Tangipahoa Parish after the tropical storm Isaac threatened to damage a dam on Louisiana-Mississippi border, threatening about 60,000 peopl

Hurricane Isaac made landfall in southeast Louisiana in the US late on Tuesday as Gulf Coast residents hunkered down behind boarded-up windows with stockpiles of food and water, and wind-driven rain l

Hurricane Isaac bore down on New Orleans early on Wednesday after making landfall, seven years to the day after Katrina devastated the 'Big Easy' and killed hundreds along the US Gulf Coast.

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Isaac reached hurricane strength on Tuesday with maximum wind speeds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) as it bore down on the northern US Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.

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