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Hurricane Isaac 2012

La. cemeteries sinking, washing away
As a young adult, Kathleen Cheramie visited her grandmother's grave in a tree-lined cemetery where white concrete crosses dotted a plot of lush green ...
Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill
The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats.
Deadly, destructive 2012 hurricane season ends
The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season that spawned the destruction of Sandy and Isaac has come to an end as one for the record books. There were 19 named ...
Airlines ask fliers to reschedule due to hurricane
U.S. airlines are giving travelers a way out if they want to scrap their plans due to Hurricane Sandy. All the major airlines are offering waivers to ...
Tropical Storm Sandy forms south of Jamaica
Tropical Storm Sandy developed south of Jamaica on Monday, becoming the 18th named storm of a busy Atlantic season that has seen only two hurricanes ...
Tropical depression forms south of Jamaica
A tropical depression formed south of Jamaica on Monday and forecasters say it will likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Sandy later in the day.
Hurricane Isaac sends US jobless claims up to 382K
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped to the highest level in two months, although the figures were skewed in part by Hurricane ...
Ranchers cope with herd losses from Isaac's floods
In August, ranchlands spreading across the boot of Louisiana were dotted with hundreds of cows and calves grazing on a smorgasbord of marsh grasses.
Shifting sands from Isaac reveal 1923 shipwreck
The pounding surf and currents from Hurricane Isaac on a remote spit of Alabama shoreline has again revealed the wreckage of a schooner that ran ...
Isaac's remnants relieves some drought states
Hurricane Isaac's remnants dumped heavy rain on some key Midwest farming states, dramatically lessening the drought there while corn-producing ...
APNewsBreak: Tests confirm oil came from BP spill
Laboratory tests show that globs of oil found on two Louisiana beaches after Hurricane Isaac came from the 2010 BP spill. Tests run by Louisiana State ...
Remnant of Hurricane Isaac lurks in Gulf of Mexico
If a well-traveled remnant of last week's Hurricane Isaac becomes a tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico, it would be a rare but not unprecedented ...
Oil from BP spill uncovered by Isaac's waves
Waves from Hurricane Isaac uncovered oil previously buried along Gulf Coast beaches, exposing crude that wasn't cleaned up after the BP spill in 2010.
In southern La., residents blame levees for floods
At the urging of residents who have long felt forgotten in the shadow of more densely populated New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers says it will ...
Days after Isaac, thousands still in the dark
Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a ...
Obama: Help is on the way to hurricane zone
President Barack Obama insisted on Monday that the federal government can help Americans in crisis, whether they're autoworkers fearful that their ...
Another disaster brings candidates to Gulf Coast
Mitt Romney wasted no time after accepting the GOP presidential nomination in heading to Louisiana to see the damage from Hurricane Isaac, changing ...
Oil and gas production ramping up after Isaac
The nation's oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast is slowly coming back to life in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. Offshore oil platforms are ...
Days after Isaac, flooding and outages remain
Much of a finger-shaped parish southeast of New Orleans was still covered with floodwater Sunday and more than 200,000 people across Louisiana still ...
As Isaac pushes north, Gulf Coast slowly recovers
As the remnants of Hurricane Isaac pushed their way up the Mississippi valley on Saturday, spinning off severe thunderstorms and at least four ...
Oil companies retake nearly 400 platforms in gulf
Energy companies have reoccupied nearly 400 of the production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that were abandoned in advance of Hurricane Isaac, a ...
Oil companies returning to offshore sites in gulf
Oil companies have begun returning workers to drilling rigs and production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Offshore sites in the gulf were abandoned ...
Isaac finally leaves Gulf; uncertainty fills gap
As Isaac's drenching rains and cooling winds drifted north of the Gulf Coast, heat and humidity moved back in — along with frustration, exhaustion and ...
Romney starts fall campaign visiting storm victims
Republican Mitt Romney launched the final leg of his quest for the White House by visiting storm-battered Louisiana on Friday. He drove through a town ...
Isaac renews old debate about Louisiana levees
When Hurricane Isaac whirled into the Gulf Coast this week, the federal levee system protecting New Orleans did its job. But the patchwork of ...