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  Bermuda braces for approaching Hurricane Leslie

  

  Posted 11:16 AM 9/6/2012 by AP

  HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - Tourists are postponing holidays in Bermuda and locals are stocking up on emergency supplies as Hurricane Leslie approaches the wealthy British Atlantic territory.

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  Isaac's remnants relieves some drought states

  Posted 10:15 AM 9/6/2012 by AP

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Some key farm states punished by the nation's worst drought in decades caught a break with several inches of rainfall from Hurricane Isaac's remnants as other parts of the Midwest weren't as lucky. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that the section of the (More)

  
  

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  Tangipahoa Parish approved for FEMA individual aid

  

  Posted 5:00 PM 9/5/2012 by AP

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Tangipahoa Parish has been added to the list of Louisiana parishes approved by FEMA for individual assistance grants after Hurricane Isaac. Gov. Bobby Jindal's office announced the addition Wednesday. With the latest FEMA approval, 11 parishes are (More)

  
  

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  Isaac has little impact on Bayou Corne sinkhole

  Posted 4:45 PM 9/5/2012 by AP

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Hurricane Isaac seems to have had little effect on a sinkhole in Assumption Parish that transformed hundreds of feet of swampland into slurry, but after the storm trudged past, three new bubbling gas sites were discovered and officials were trying to find the source. (More)

  
  

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  'Spawn of Isaac' moves into the Gulf

  

  Posted 2:23 PM 9/5/2012 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A remnant of Hurricane Isaac, drawn back to the Gulf of Mexico after an odyssey through the Midwest, hovered Wednesday off the Gulf Coast.

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  Tar balls on coast part of Isaac's aftermath

  

  Posted 1:00 PM 9/5/2012 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lingering effects of Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana include more than 20,000 electric customers still without power, an estimated 700 people still in shelters and gobs of weathered oil washing ashore along a stretch of coastline.

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  EPA grants 8 states clean gas waiver after Isaac

  

  Posted 12:57 PM 9/5/2012 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is temporarily waiving clean gas requirements in eight states affected by Hurricane Isaac. Governors requested the waiver because fuel supplies from refineries in the Gulf area were disrupted by Isaac. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says (More)

  
  

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  Isaac could mean some relief to low Miss. River

  

  Posted 11:29 AM 9/5/2012 by AP

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Rain from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac could help the drought-stricken Mississippi River, but experts say it's not enough for long-term relief.

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  Officials watching dam in Lamar County

  Posted 10:09 AM 9/5/2012 by AP

  HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Lamar County officials are using pumps to drop water levels in an earthen dam at the southern end of the Lake Serene system that was damaged by the heavy rains of Hurricane Isaac. County Engineer Don Walker tells the (More)

  
  

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  N.O. port back on schedule

  

  Posted 10:02 AM 9/5/2012 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Port of New Orleans officials say all terminals are operating on normal schedules as the port gets back to customary routines after Hurricane Isaac.

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  Amtrak New Orleans service restoration continues

  

  Posted 9:59 AM 9/5/2012 by Associated Press

  Most Amtrak service to and from New Orleans has been restored following Hurricane Isaac, but the City of New Orleans' service in Mississippi and Louisiana, remains suspended through Friday.

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  Alligator Season State postpones alligator season

  

  Posted 9:58 AM 9/5/2012 by Associated Press

  State wildlife and fisheries officials are postponing the 2012 wild alligator lottery season on the Pearl River, Joyce, Manchac and Maurepas swamp wildlife management areas because of the effects of Hurricane Isaac.

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  In southern La., residents blame levees for floods

  

  Posted 5:04 PM 9/4/2012 by AP

  LAPLACE, La. (AP) - At the urging of residents who have long felt forgotten in the shadow of more densely populated New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers says it will look into whether the city's fortified defenses pushed floodwaters into outlying areas.

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  Mississippi officials still assessing Isaac damage

  

  Posted 4:41 PM 9/4/2012 by AP

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi officials say assessing damages from Hurricane Isaac is a tedious task that will take time. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeff Rent said Tuesday that electricity had been restored to all but a few hundred structures and that only (More)

  
  

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  United Way Establishes Local Disaster Fund

  Posted 3:55 PM 9/4/2012 by Press Release

  St. Landry-Evangeline United Way has joined neighboring United Way of Acadiana, United Way of Iberia, and United Way for South Louisiana to help neighbors that will need a helping hand now that Hurricane Isaac has done its damage. The Greater Acadiana United Way Disaster Fund has been (More)