QUIET QUARTER: Army National Guard soldiers patrol the uncharacteristically empty streets of New Orleans’ French Quarter yesterday.
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TUG BOAT: Henry Cox pulls his boat through deep water while rescuing residents from the flood waters of Hurricane Isaac in the River Forest subdivision of LaPlace, La.
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Residents who were rescued from their flooded homes are transported to waiting assistance in Braithwaite, La.
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Owners Hank and Lori Plauche use a jet-ski to survey the damage to the Jourdan River Steamer Seafood Restaurant as Hurricane Isaac passes through Kiln, Miss.
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Landon Gazzier (right) and Dillan Gazzier play on a flooded street as waves crash over the sea wall in Bayou La Batre, Ala.
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A car is crushed by a giant oak downed by Hurricane Isaac on St. Charles Avenue in uptown New Orleans.
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A street sign is turned upside down likely resulting from bricks falling overnight from a building along the deserted streets of New Orleans.
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CAN’T FACE IT: Sam Maltese wipes his face while being rescued from his flooded home as Lanny LaFrance drives their boat in Braithwaite, La.
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Kyle Taylor and his father Robert Taylor (right) seek shelter behind a bench along Beach Blvd. in Gulfport, Miss.
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Toccara Williams holds her 5-month-old daughter Ra-Maaz Williams at an evacuation shelter in Belle Chasse, La.
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CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF UH OH: A man holds a broken umbrella in New Orleans.
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A church is covered by flood waters as Hurricane Isaac hits Braithwaite, La.
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Homes are flooded as Hurricane Isaac hits Braithwaite, La.
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Adams Street near the State Docks in Mobile, Ala. is seen covered by flood waters from Hurricane Isaac. Residents of Dauphin Island lost power, but they also escaped the worst of Isaac.
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An uprooted tree lies across Poydras St. downtown after Hurricane Isaac made landfall in New Orleans.
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Isaac’s winds and storm surge overcomes the seawall and floods South Beach Boulevard in Waveland, Miss.
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An uprooted palm tree blocks a road as Hurricane Isaac passes through New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Isaac drove water over the top of a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans on Wednesday, but the multibillion-dollar barriers built to protect the city itself after the 2005 Katrina disaster were not breached.
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The surf washes over the West Side Pier as Hurricane Isaac passes through Gulfport, Mississippi. The slow-moving but powerful Category 1 hurricane was felt along the Gulf Coast, threatening to flood towns in Mississippi and Louisiana with storm surges of up to 12 feet and top sustained winds up to 75 miles per hour.
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A marina’s flooded as Hurricane Isaac dumps rain in Gulport, Mississippi.
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Research students from the the University of Alabama measure wind speeds as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in New Orleans, La.
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High winds and rain from Hurricane Isaac fall on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, La. The Category 1 hurricane is slowly moving across southeast Louisiana, dumping large amounts of rain and knocking out power to Louisianans in scattered parts of the state.
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A man crosses Canal Street in the wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac in New Orleans.
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Strong winds and big waves engulf Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, where Hurricane Isaac has made landfall. The US National Hurricane Center said a “dangerous storm surge” was occurring along the northern Gulf Coast with storm surges of up to eight feet already being reported in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.
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A stop light hangs down during strong wind and rain as Hurricane Isaac pushes into the New Orleans metro area in Metairie, Louisiana.
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A storm surge causes tides to quickly rise while rough waves pound the concrete seawall along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall along the Gulf Coast.
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A storm surge causes tides to quickly rise while rough waves pound the concrete seawall along the shores of Lake Pontchartra in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Some adventerous folks “enjoy” the powerful effects of Hurricane Isaac in New Orleans yesterday.
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Matthew Pettus holds a sheet open in the wind on the levee near Lake Pontchatrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans.
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Water floods the bait shop at the Ocean Springs Harbor as rain from Hurricane Isaac reaches Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
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Three men sit on a bench at the edge of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Andrew Sessoms sit on a park bench at a flooded beach as Hurricane Isaac approaches the Gulf Coast in Waveland, Mississippi.
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L’Rena Anderson leans into the wind as she walks along the beach on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Anderson was among many local residents who turned out to watch the effects of Hurricane Isaac as it churns through the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landfall in Louisiana.
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A crowd gathers on the end of the boardwalk on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. to watch rough surf generated by Hurricane Isaac as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico.
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New Orleans resident Diana Whipple watches waves crash on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans. Isaac’s expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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New Orleans resident Diana Whipple stands on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Wellington residents, Abby Deveau, 17, Michaela Piven, 17, and Ashlyn Jonston, 17, wade across Big Blue Trace near the Sugar Pond Manor neighborhood that is flooded due to heavy rain from Tropical Storm Isaac in Wellington, Florida.
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Andre Beaudette braves the surf as he tries to make it out farther into the ocean before riding his board near Park Shore Beach in Naples, Fla.
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Haley Kimball, 8, of Jupiter, enjoys a splash from a wave at the Jupiter inlet during severe weather from Tropical Storm Isaac.
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McGee the dog and his owner Robert Hole checks out his flooded neighborhood near the intersection of Wellington Trace after Tropical Storm Isaac brought the level of the water near garage doors.
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Richard Samuels, a resident for 25 years, walks to his home on Dollar Spot Court because streets are flooded in the Sugar Pond Manor neighborhood due to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Isaac in Wellington, Florida.
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Driver Maxwell Unterhalter gives Ron Hodge a lift near the Sugar Pond Manor neighborhood due to heavy rain from Tropical Storm Isaac in Wellington, Florida.
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A man exits his truck in a driveway on a property near Loxahatchee Groves. The western communities endured rainfall totals of more than a foot as tropical storm Isaac moved through the Palm Beach County. Many properties in Loxahatchee Groves and The Acreage were underwater on Monday afternoon.
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Larry Hoffeditz, (L), carries items from his badly damaged home to a friends truck following a tornado in Vero Palm Estates in Vero Beach, Fla. The tornado was caused by tropical storm Isaac.
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Karen Asselin looks over the debris in front of her home on Flamingo Dr. North following a tornado that touched down in Vero Palm Estates in Vero Beach, Fla.
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New Orleans freeways are seen packed with thousands of cars evacuating ahead of Hurricane Isaac.
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Waves batter Havana’s seafront following the passage of tropical storm Isaac. With winds reaching 85 kilometers per hour, the storm brought heavy rain and choppy seas to the Florida Keys after battering Haiti and sweeping across Cuba.
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A boy tries to take cover from the cold behind an appliance sitting higher than the floodwaters triggered by Tropical Storm Isaac in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tropical Storm Isaac swept across Haiti’s southern peninsula early Saturday, dousing a capital city prone to flooding and adding to the misery of a poor nation still trying to recover from the 2010 earthquake.
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A woman wades through floodwaters in Port au Prince. Tropical Storm Isaac emerged over warm Caribbean waters on Saturday slightly weaker but ready to regroup after dumping torrential rains on Haiti, where thousands of people remain homeless more than two years after a devastating earthquake.
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A man rides his bike as he watches the rising water from the Riviere Grise, running alongside the Marassa Tent City in Haiti. Isaac pushed into Cuba on Sunday after sweeping across Haiti’s southern peninsula, where it caused flooding and at least three deaths, adding to the misery of a poor nation still trying to recover from the terrible 2010 earthquake.
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A woman swims through flood waters in a low lying area affected by Tropical Storm Isaac in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday. Tropical Storm Isaac swept across Haiti’s southern peninsula early Saturday, dousing a capital city prone to flooding and adding to the misery of a poor nation still trying to recover from the 2010 earthquake.
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A person braves the rain at Clarence Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla., as Tropical Storm Isaac hits the area.
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A woman carries a child through a flooded street after the passing of tropical storm Isaac, in La Barquita, Dominican Republic.
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Chicago resident Carla Rone-Davis (right) buys hurricane supplies while on her way to Panama City, Florida.
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Home Depot employee Josh Leonard (right) assists Woolmarket resident Billy Rusher load wood into his van for Tropical Storm Isaac, in Biloxi, Miss.
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Area residents fill sand bags ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac in St. Pete Beach, Florida.
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Robert Manis and wife Toni Manis, of Mango, Florida, shop for batteries, flashlights, canned food and other supplies in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac.
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A Haitian man shovels mud from his yard after Tropical Storm Isaac hit the area outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Victoria Balladares and boyfriend Jose Requejo stand in the rain at Miami Beach as Tropical Storm Isaac hits the area.
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Anton Snitgen (left to right), Jenna Curl, Jackie Curl and Michael Manemut run along a dock at Key West Bight Marina in Key West, Fla.
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Mary-Lou Counce leaves the Republican National Convention welcome party at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, as Hurricane Isaac quickly approaches the area.
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An elderly gentleman clears a tree from the road in Jacmel, Haiti, a day after Tropical Storm Isaac brought rains and winds across the nation.
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Ocean Springs resident Steve Miner secures an awning on his sailboat in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac, at the Ocean Springs Harbor in Ocean Springs, Miss.
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The strong swell from the Bahoruco beach, in Barahona, Dominican Republic, before the arrival of tropical storm “Isaac” on its way to Haiti. Tropical Storm Isaac continued to strengthen over the Caribbean, with worries continuing about where the storm might hit the United States.
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A man photographs the waters of the Caribbean Sea churned up, as Tropical Storm Isaac passes to the south, in Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic.
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Firemen remove a tree that fell in the yard of a house at Farfan Street, Diego Martin west of Port-of-Spain, during heavy showers and high winds caused by the passing of Tropical Storm Isaac.
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A resident of Mount Pleasant Road walks past a broken fence along a road damaged by heavy rainfall due to the passing of Tropical Storm Isaac in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Man totes buckets of mud away from house damaged by mudslide after passing of Tropical Storm Isaac in Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Pensioner Theophile Joseph looks at the broken fence and damaged road outside his home at Upper Mount Pleasant Road, Carenage, west of the capital Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago.
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The outer bands of Tropical Storm Isaac move over the community of Canaan outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Tropical Storm Isaac is seen over the Caribbean in this NOAA handout satellite image.
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