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Shifting sands from Isaac reveal 1923 shipwreck
Posted 12:49 PM 9/7/2012 by AP
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - The pounding surf and currents from Hurricane Isaac on a remote spit of Alabama shoreline has again revealed the wreckage of a schooner that ran aground in 1923, delighting curious tourists and locals. The schooner Rachel and her eight-man crew ran aground (More)
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Post-Isaac seafood meeting held
Posted 12:47 PM 9/7/2012 by AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Seafood industry leaders are assessing the effects of Hurricane Isaac. Ewell Smith, director of the state's seafood promotion board, says fishing communities such as Delacroix, Hopedale and Lafitte suffered damage in the storm. Smith said figures on how (More)
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Food banks, Red Cross seeking donations
Posted 10:45 AM 9/7/2012 by KATC
The American Red Cross and food banks in Louisiana are seeking donations to help replenish the food supplies and other resources they have been providing throughout Southeast Louisiana to people and communities hit by Hurricane Isaac.
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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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