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
![A man sleeps outside a boarded up building on Canal St., prior to Tropical Storm Isaac in New Orleans, Aug. 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/757E9B95-5A5C-4D00-A897-161DA8CAB22A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man sleeps outside a boarded up building on Canal St., prior to Tropical Storm Isaac in New Orleans, Aug. 28, 2012.
![Stacey Davis, left, and his brother board up windows on their home before Tropical Storm Isaac hits Aug. 28, 2012, in New Orleans.](https://gdb.voanews.com/33A4FDC9-B071-4578-A413-D84BA0563CA4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Stacey Davis, left, and his brother board up windows on their home before Tropical Storm Isaac hits Aug. 28, 2012, in New Orleans.
![A boy plays in the surf in waves ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac in Orange Beach, Ala., Aug. 27, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/28CC2419-11C2-4B4B-A768-2E0B13CBDAD8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy plays in the surf in waves ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac in Orange Beach, Ala., Aug. 27, 2012.