
NEW ORLEANS, La- CBS News is reporting that Hurricane Isaac pushed water over a rural levee to flooded some homes. Isaac also knocked out power and flooded roads in Louisiana and Mississippi early Wednesday as it began a drenching slog inland from the Gulf of Mexico with a newly fortified New Orleans in its path, reported CBS News.
New York Times: Isaac Hits Land With Force, in Test of Post-Katrina Levees
CNN: With 80 mph winds and drenching rains, Isaac pounds southeastern Louisiana
CBS News: Isaac pounds Gulf Coast, pushes water over levee
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