PHOTOS | Hurricane Isaac

12:19 PM, Aug 31, 2012   |    comments
  • Residents travel through their neighborhood by jetski during flooding from Hurricane Isaac's storm surge on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain on August 30, 2012 in Slidell, Louisiana. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  • Boynton Beach, Fla. Photo by Danny Dos Santos/FCN
  • Boynton Beach, Fla. Photo by Danny Dos Santos/FCN
  • Boynton Beach, Fla. Photo by Danny Dos Santos/FCN
  • Tropical Storm flags flying at Pensacola Beach, but will be red flags soon since being upgraded to Hurricane Warning (Allison Chinchar/11Alive)
  • Men install storm shutters on Duval Street in Key West. By Marc Serota, Getty Images
  • A worker secures a tent for the Republican National Convention as people prepare for Isaac at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa. Convention events were pushed back a day because of the storm. By Mark Wilson, Getty Images
  • A man installs shutters on Duval Street. By Marc Serota, Getty Images
  • From Allison Chinchar: Emergency fuel trucks on the highway with us, headed to New Orleans
  • John Lucenti, left, and Robert Tucker load plywood for Terry King and Ofelia Murphy in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. By Nick Tomecek, Northwest Florida Daily News, via AP
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • North Florida did not escape Isaac's wrath (PNJ.com)
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • North Florida did not escape Isaac's wrath (PNJ.com)
  • Cars drive north in the middle Keys to escape Tropical Storm Isaac. By Walter Michot, The Miami Herald, via AP
  • This is before/after the rain at the Crescent City Bridge, also called the New Orleans Bridge, on the Mississippi River. (Allison Chinchar)
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • A car goes through a flooded street due to heavy rains in Key West, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 as heavy winds and rain hit the northern coast. Rain bands from Tropical Storm Isaac are expected to continue streaming across Marion County Monday as the ninth named storm of the 2012 hurricane season continues toward the northern Gulf of Mexico. National Weather Service officials in Jacksonville on Sunday said Marion County began getting rain bands from Isaac around 2 p.m. and that the rain would co
  • A person walks by a sign warning about Hurricane Isaac, in Key West, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down on the Florida Keys, with forecasters warning it could grow into a dangerous Category 2 hurricane as it nears the northern Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
  • Shira Edllan Gervasi, of Israel, puts her name on plywood protecting a storefront in Key West, Fla., in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Isaac's winds are expected to be felt in the Florida Keys by sunrise Sunday morning. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
  • A man stands on a post with a stop sign as waves pass the seawall during the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac in Baracoa, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac pushed into Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula. Isaac's center made landfall just before midday near the far-eastern tip of Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
  • A person braves the rain at Clarence Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla., as Tropical Storm Isaac hits the area on Sunday, Aug., 26, 2012. Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down on the Florida Keys, with forecasters warning it could grow into a dangerous Category 2 hurricane as it nears the northern Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Walter Michot)
  • Charles Bartlett fills up gas containers in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac in Ocean Springs, Miss., on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, Amanda McCoy)
  • A houseboat is towed to safety in the middle keys as the Florida Keys prepare for the storm. By Walter Michot, The Miami Herald, via AP
  • Waves pound the boardwalk, the Malecon, during the passing of Tropical Storm Isaac in Havana Cuba, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. The hurricane center said the storm, which was swirling north of the central coast of Cuba in the pre-dawn hours, was expected to be near or over the Florida Keys sometime later Sunday or Sunday night. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
  • Men lay behind the seawall as waves brought by Tropical Storm Isaac splash over them in Baracoa, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac pushed into Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula. Isaac's center made landfall just before midday near the far-eastern tip of Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
  • Lifeguard Duane Gonzalez takes down the red warning flag on a beach in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Some rain and winds from Tropical Storm Isaac are beginning to reach Tampa where the Republican National Convention has postponed the start of their meeting because of the approaching storm. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
  • Gideon Campbell rides on a cart as his father, Scott, wheels their new generator to their car in Tampa. Area residents are preparing for Tropical Storm Isaac. By Joe Raedle, Getty Images
  • Andrew Marino, left, and Colby Collier wheel a wagon loaded with sandbags in St. Pete Beach. By Edward Linsmier, Getty Images
  • William Harris cuts a board to cover windows. By Joe Raedle, Getty Images
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • Kerol Obando and her son Andres, leave a grocery store as they prepare for the storm in Tavernier, Fla. By Walter Michot, The Miami Herald, via AP
  • Spencer Gruber, left, and his friend Zac Mribiha play in the surf as Tropical Storm Isaac generates waves and brisk winds at Pass-A-Grill Beach. By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
  • Joel Jimenez, left, Richard Batista and Juan Perez take down a tent outside the convention center in Tampa. Events for the Republican National Convention were pushed back a day because of the storm. By H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY
  • Jenny Leggette's hair blows into her face as she and her husband, Russell, take a walk on Tampa's Pass-A-Grill Beach as Tropical Storm Isaac moves closer to Southern Florida. By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
  • Robert Manis shows the flashlight and packaged food he and his wife, Toni, are buying as they prepare for Isaac in Seffer, Fla. By Robyn Beck, AFP/Getty Images
  • Clouds from Tropical Storm Isaac hover over downtown Miami. By Carl Juste, The Miami Herald, via AP
  • The southernmost point marker is covered in plastic sheeting in Key West, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Isaac's winds are expected to be felt in the Florida Keys by sunrise Sunday morning. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
  • Gas was hard to come by in New Orleans Thursday. (Jerry Carnes/11Alive)
  • Errol Ragas walks past a flooded cemetery while recovering dry blankets from his home on August 29, 2012 in Oakville, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
  • New Orleans waited in long lines for basic supplies, many of which were out of stock after Isaac. (Jerry Carnes/11Alive)
  • Uprooted trees blocked roads in New Orleans Thursday. (Jerry Carnes/11Alive)
  • A downed pole resting on a power line in New Orleans. (Jerry Carnes/11Alive)
  • A child and an adult share a folding bed as storm-weary residents take refuge at a high school gymnasium in Belle Chasse, in low-lying Plaquemines Parish outside of New Orleans, on August 29, 2012 in Louisiana, where Hurricane Isaac has slowed to storm force but looks set to linger over southern Louisiana. Officials have urged residents to stay indoors and warned it would be at least a day before winds calmed enough for crews to try to repair downed power lines.
  • torm-weary residents take refuge at a high school auditorium in Belle Chasse, in low-lying Plaquemines Parish outside of New Orleans, on August 29, 2012 in Louisiana, where Hurricane Isaac has slowed to storm force but looks set to linger over southern Louisiana. Officials have urged residents to stay indoors and warned it would be at least a day before winds calmed enough for crews to try to repair downed power lines.
  • car sits submerged in the flood waters of Hurricane Isaac in the River Forest subdivision on August 29, 2012 in LaPlace, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
  • Rescue workers transport residents trapped by rising water from Hurricane Isaac in the River Forest subdivision on August 29, 2012 in LaPlace, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
  • Rescue workers transport residents trapped by rising water from Hurricane Isaac in the River Forest subdivision on August 29, 2012 in LaPlace, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
  • A street sign lies near floodwaters during Hurricane Isaac on August 29, 2012 in Braithwaite, Louisiana. Dozens were reportedly rescued in the area after levees were overtopped by floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac.
  • Joshua Barbot paddles to rescue family members in his boat on August 30, 2012 in Slidell, Louisiana. The large Category 1 hurricane had slowly moved across southeast Louisiana, dumping huge amounts of rain and knocking out power to Louisianans in scattered parts of the state. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  • Residents carry pillows, blankets and fuel containers past a flood berm while evacuating an area of rising waters from Hurricane Isaac on August 30, 2012 in Slidell, Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
  • Rescue workers transport residents trapped by rising water from Hurricane Isaac in the River Forest subdivision on August 29, 2012 in LaPlace, Louisiana. The large Level 1 hurricane slowly moved across southeast Louisiana, dumping huge amounts of rain and knocking out power to Louisianans in scattered parts of the state. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • Isaac snapped trees and poles around New Orleans. (Jerry Carnes/11Alive)
  • Uprooted trees blocked roads in New Orleans Thursday. (Jerry Carnes/11Alive)
  • Keith and Leslie Robertson walk through flood water after checking on their house the Indigo Lakes subdivion on August 30, 2012 in LaPlace, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
  • People in a boat pass a gas station in flooding from Hurricane Isaac's storm surge on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain on August 30, 2012 in Slidell, Louisiana. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  • Joshua Barbot (BACK) rescues family members (L to R) Christie, Ethan and Larry Trumbaturi from their flooded home in his boat on August 30, 2012 in Slidell, Louisiana. Hurricane Isaac storm surge caused flooding in Slidell this morning on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  • Water rises from a rising bayou, flooding properties ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Isaac on August 28, 2012 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
  • Evan Stoudt faces strong winds while visiting the banks of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on August 28, 2012 in Louisiana, where Hurricane Isaac has made landfall. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)
  • Ruffin Henry and Scout the dog swim in the rising water of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches on August 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
  • A fallen streetlight sits in a puddle of water in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2012, as Hurricane Isaac battered the city and surrounding region, flooding homes and driving stormy waters over the top of at least one levee, seven years to the day after Katrina devastated the city. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)
  • A group of men sit on a bench at the edge of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches on August 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • Photos around Florida of Tropical storm Isaac.
  • A rescue boat passes a partially submerged stop sign during Hurricane Isaac on August 29, 2012 in Braithwaite, Louisiana. Dozens were reportedly rescued in the area after levees in Plaquemines Parish were overtopped by floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac.
  • People rest in a rescue truck atop a levee next to floodwaters after being rescued in Plaquemines Parish on August 29, 2012 in Braithwaite, Louisiana. Dozens were reportedly rescued in the area after levees were overtopped by floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  • A family unpacks dinner at a shelter after being evacuated from their home on August 29, 2012 in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, the most heavily damaged by Hurricane Isaac. The system, which was downgraded to a tropical storm by the National Weather Service, moved slowly across the state, dumping large amounts of rain and knocking out power to half a million Louisianans.
  • Latrina Williams braids her daughter Amari's hair as son Michael demands attentiont as they take refuge at a high school gymnasium in Belle Chasse, in low-lying Plaquemines Parish outside of New Orleans, on August 29, 2012 in Louisiana, where Hurricane Isaac has slowed to storm force but looks set to linger over southern Louisiana. Officials have urged residents to stay indoors and warned it would be at least a day before winds calmed enough for crews to try to repair downed power lines.
  • Henry Cox drives his boat while rescuing residents from the flood waters of Hurricane Isaac in the River Forest subdivision on August 29, 2012 in LaPlace, Louisiana The large Level 1 hurricane slowly moved across southeast Louisiana, dumping huge amounts of rain and knocking out power to Louisianans in scattered parts of the state.
  • A street sign is turned upside down likely resulting from bricks falling overnight from a building along the deserted streets of New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2012 (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)
  • An uprooted and fallen tree is positioned in front of a house in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2012. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)
  • High winds and rain from Hurricane Isaac fall on the Louisiana Superdome on August 29, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
  • A car drives beneath a fallen streetlight along deserted streets in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2012. (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)
  • An uprooted and fallen tree is positioned in front of a house blocking a road in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2012. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)
    
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Isaac, now a tropical depression, has knocked out power to as many as 700,000 people. As many as 70 people were rescued from homes with water up to their roofs.