08-30-2012, 02:11 PM
full article and very good slideshow here:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/us/weather...?hpt=hp_t1
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(CNN) -- Isaac slashed its way further inland Thursday, claiming its first fatality and stranding residents in flood-prone areas even as it threatened to wreak more havoc in the days to come.
Mississippi and Louisiana announced mandatory evacuations for all low-lying areas along the Tangiaphoa River.
A dam at 700-acre Lake Tangipahoa has not breached, "but has been badly damaged by heavy rains," the Pike County Emergency Management Agency said.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/us/weather...?hpt=hp_t1
(CNN) -- Isaac slashed its way further inland Thursday, claiming its first fatality and stranding residents in flood-prone areas even as it threatened to wreak more havoc in the days to come.
Mississippi and Louisiana announced mandatory evacuations for all low-lying areas along the Tangiaphoa River.
A dam at 700-acre Lake Tangipahoa has not breached, "but has been badly damaged by heavy rains," the Pike County Emergency Management Agency said.