Louisiana State AgCenter: Isaac Could Wreck Excellent Crop Year
In addition to destroying homes and buildings and displacing residents in the storm’s path, Tropical Storm Isaac, which may reach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall, also has the...
View ArticleIsaac Becomes a Hurricane As It Churns Toward New Orleans
Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened into a hurricane just off the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday as it churned toward landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane...
View ArticleIsaac Now a Hurricane: Update
The National Hurricane Center says the center of what is now Hurricane Isaac may make landfall on the southeast Louisiana coastline as early as this evening. Not all forecasters share that timeline,...
View ArticleIsaac Worries Some Arkansas Farmers, Cheers Cattlemen
Arkansas agriculture officials say Hurricane Isaac would bring welcome rain to the state, but producers are worried about the stormy conditions that would accompany the precipitation. Pope County...
View ArticleCitizens Advised to ‘Hunker Down’ as Isaac Pounds Louisiana
“Stay hunkered down.” That’s the message local, state and federal officials are telling the people of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana in response to a lingering Hurricane Isaac, now Tropical...
View ArticleAbout Half of Louisiana Without Power as Isaac Moves Further Inland
About half of Louisiana was without power on Aug. 30 as Tropical Storm Isaac moved inland. The Public Service Commission said 903,000 homes and businesses around the state — about 47 percent of all...
View ArticleThousands Evacuated as Isaac Floods Outside New Orleans
Isaac continued to pour unrelenting rain on Aug. 30, flooding areas north and south of New Orleans even as the city’s fortified defenses held and forcing officials to launch speedy evacuation and...
View ArticleInsurers Processing Estimated $1.2 Billion in Hurricane Isaac Claims
Insurance claims from Hurricane Isaac have starting coming in, with one estimate saying losses to insurers could total $1.2 billion. AIR Worldwide, which models losses for insurers, said its best...
View ArticleDays After Isaac, Flooding and Outages Remain
Much of a finger-shaped parish southeast of New Orleans was still covered with floodwater on Sept. 2 and more than 200,000 people across Louisiana still didn’t have any power, five days after Isaac...
View ArticleKatrina’s Lessons in Mississippi May Have Saved Lives in Hurricane Isaac
For all the lives it took when it plowed across the Gulf Coast in 2005, Hurricane Katrina may have saved some during Isaac. Officials took lessons from Katrina and applied them to their emergency...
View ArticleIsaac Seepage Closes New Orleans Museum of Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art says it is closed because water from soil saturated by Hurricane Isaac is seeping into the basement, administrative offices and other areas. Seepage into the basement of...
View ArticleIsaac Damage to Louisiana Agriculture Estimated at $100M
An assessment won’t be finalized until all harvests are complete, but it appears that an estimated $100 million in losses to Louisiana’s row crop industry resulted from Hurricane Isaac, state...
View ArticleHurricane Isaac Insured Losses to Reach $1-$2 Billion: RMS
U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Issac’s wind and surge impacts on the U.S. Gulf Coast will fall between USD$1−2 billion, excluding rainfall driven flood losses and all National Flood Insurance...
View ArticleHurricane Isaac Washed Away Alabama’s Sand Island
Sand Island along the Alabama coast has disappeared beneath the waves. The Sand Island Lighthouse is still standing alone in the water. But the island that was rebuilt by the U.S Army Corps of...
View ArticleHealth Groups Sue Over Louisiana’s Post-Isaac Insurance Rule
Two health care groups have filed a lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, over an insurance coverage change he made after Hurricane Isaac. The lawsuit by the Louisiana State Medical...
View ArticleIsaac Costs Entergy at Least $400M
Entergy Corp. says its estimated damages from Hurricane Isaac range from $400 million to $500 million, and the storm is expected to reduce the utility’s third-quarter revenue. In a news release,...
View ArticleLandrieu: Homeowners, Not Lenders, Entitled to Insurance Money
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has urged Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage lenders to ensure that homeowners...
View ArticleIsaac Damaged 59,000 Homes in Louisiana
Hurricane Isaac damaged nearly 59,000 homes as the slow-moving storm crawled across southeast Louisiana, according to the latest damage estimates. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and...
View ArticleDeadlines Near for Isaac Flood Claims
Most property owners whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have approaching deadlines for filing claims for their flood-related losses. Most of these claims are due in the...
View ArticleFeds: Levee System Did Not Cause Isaac Flooding
Federal officials say in a report released Nov. 9 that improvements to the New Orleans-area levee system did not cause Hurricane Isaac’s storm-surge flooding of areas in Louisiana that were not...
View ArticlePost-Isaac FEMA Individual Aid Nears $116M in Louisiana
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved nearly $116 million in individual aid for Louisiana homeowners and renters who experienced damage from Hurricane Isaac. Nearly 32,000 people have...
View ArticleDeadline Extended for Isaac Flood Insurance Claims
Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have another 30 days to file claims for their flood losses. Policy owners now...
View ArticleDeadline Extended for Isaac Flood Insurance Claims
Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have an additional 60 days to file claims for their flood-related losses....
View ArticleLouisiana Commissioner Praises Court Ruling on Emergency Rule
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced he is pleased that the 19th Judicial District Court has upheld an emergency rule put in place during Hurricane Isaac and his authority to do so...
View ArticleLouisiana Will Chip in on Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes Floodgate Cost
State officials in Louisiana have approved a grant that will pay for 50 percent of the cost of a new floodgate to be built on Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes. The Courier reports the barge floodgate will be 56...
View ArticleCorps Takes Flood Study To St. James
St. James Parish residents are getting a look at an Army Corps of Engineers plan to reduce storm-surge risk from area lakes in Louisiana. Army Corps officials outlined a feasibility study focusing on...
View ArticleMississippi County to Get $10M From FEMA for Isaac Recovery Effort
Jackson County in Mississippi is getting a multimillion-dollar boost from the federal government to help erase the effects of Hurricane Isaac last year. The Sun Herald reports that the county will...
View ArticleLouisiana Community ‘a Ghost Town’ a Year After Isaac
Isaac barely had hurricane-strength winds when it blew ashore southwest of New Orleans a year ago, but its effects are still apparent in coastal areas where it flooded thousands of homes. After...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Sides with Lexington Insurance in Deductible Dispute
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of an insurance company in a breach of contract suit brought by a Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company. The...
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