Hurricane Isaac dumps heavy rains, battering northern U.S. Gulf Coast with strong winds as it slowly crawls ashore and heads toward New Orleans.
Hurricane Isaac Makes Landfall
![New Orleans resident Diana Whipple watches waves crash on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B3BD848D-4CC7-422D-93B2-6A4D9514FB29_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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New Orleans resident Diana Whipple watches waves crash on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2012.
![Water floods an area outside the levee system along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as tropical storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/130DEF59-524D-4F8C-8FE7-A4CCA6C3DFE5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Water floods an area outside the levee system along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as tropical storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2012.
![10-year-olds Joshua Keegan (L) and Ruffin Henry (C) play with Scout in a flooded area outside of the levee system along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana August 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/04F523B3-C5C3-44DC-8927-51C78B096EE8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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10-year-olds Joshua Keegan (L) and Ruffin Henry (C) play with Scout in a flooded area outside of the levee system along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana August 28, 2012.
![Employees of the Orleans Levee District remove signs from Lake Shore Dr. near the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as tropical storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, August 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0716601F-AEA2-4C8B-97F9-8B13D61FB16B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Employees of the Orleans Levee District remove signs from Lake Shore Dr. near the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as tropical storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, August 28, 2012.