Where is isaac hitting

The bowl-shaped city of New Orleans is particularly vulnerable to storms, with the centre of the city the furthest below sea-level.

Residents are hoping that billions of dollars spent on reinforcing flood defences that failed catastrophically in will hold this time. Isaac has killed at least 24 people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and caused significant flooding and damage in the Caribbean. It largely bypassed the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida, but prompted a day-long delay to proceedings there.

The National Hurricane Center warned that a possible combined "storm surge" and high tide would cause flooding in coastal areas along the Gulf Coast. Water would potentially reach ft 1. I can feel it coming. Rainfall accumulations, potentially totaling as much as 20 inches 50 cm in some areas, could trigger widespread flooding.

Oil production in the U. Gulf of Mexico nearly ground to a halt and ports and coastal refineries curtailed operations. Intense hurricanes such as Katrina — which took out 4. This time, though, the U. Louisiana usually processes more than 3 million barrels per day of crude into products like gasoline. Thank you! Please tell us what you liked about it. We have updated our privacy policy to be more clear and meet the new requirements of the GDPR.

By continuing to use our site, you accept our revised Privacy Policy. Article 1 Comment Hurricane Isaac lashed southern Louisiana with high winds and heavy rains on Wednesday and was set for a late-morning arrival in New Orleans, seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Radar estimates from KMOB radar can be seen in the image to the right. The highest observed regional rainfall totals were in southeast Mississippi - Latonia, MS with This widespread heavy rainfall resulted in catastrophic flash flooding over much of the region, especially across southeast Mississippi.

Many roadways became flooded and many across southeast Mississippi even washed out as seen in the images below. M any buildings across that same area became inundated, which led to numerous water rescues of trapped individuals. Washed out road near Lucedale, MS. Impacts from the wind were rather minimal across the region, but there were some scattered, brief power outages and trees down. The strongest winds occurred along the immediate coastline where the onshore flow produced the highest wind gusts.

The highest wind gust observed during Isaac was 60mph at am on the east end of Dauphin Island, AL. Elsewhere, along the Alabama and western Florida panhandle coastline, peak wind gusts of mph were common from late afternoon on Aug 28th through the afternoon hours on Aug 29th. Wind to 60mph damaged a grocery store roof in McHenry, MS Stone County along with several other buildings across the area.

Some of the higher wind gusts reported across the area are as follows:. Alabama Port Downtown Mobile. Only light debris and a few downed and snapped trees were reported with these brief tornadoes with no significant damage across the area. Post Tropical Cyclone Report. Additional Information. VOA Newscasts Latest program. VOA Newscasts. Previous Next. August 28, AM. VOA News. Hurricane Isaac has made landfall, slamming into the southeastern coast of Louisiana.

The National Hurricane Center said the powerful storm came ashore late Tuesday, bringing sustained winds of kilometers per hour. Forecasters also warned of dangerous storm surges along the northern U.

Gulf Coast.