Isaac on verge of becoming hurricane as it approaches U.S. Gulf Coast, New Orleans
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Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are warning that Isaac, especially if it strikes at high tide, could cause storm surges of up to 12 feet (3.6 meters) along the coasts of southeast Louisiana and Mississippi and up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) as far away as the Florida Panhandle. — Associated Press photo
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Five-year-old Winsky Pierre helps to drain mud from his flooded house after the passing of Tropical Storm Isaac in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday. The death toll in Haiti from Tropical Storm Isaac has climbed to 24. — Associated Press photo
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Gus Williams feeds his step-granddaughter Somaya Washington as her mother, Areonisha Washington watches after evacuating to a shelter in Houma, La., Tuesday. — Associated Press Photo
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Matthew Nicaud fights the wind as waves crash over the seawall of Lake Pontchartrain at Canal Boulevard in New Orleans. — Associated Press photo
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Storm clouds roll in over as the first real impacts of Isaac reach the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama. The National Hurricane Center predicts Isaac will grow to a Category 1 hurricane over the warm Gulf and possibly hit late today somewhere along a roughly 300-mile (500-kilometre) stretch from the bayous southwest of New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle. — Associated Press photo
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A man who was watching the sea and got pulled in by a wave, fights the current as Tropical Storm Isaac hits Baracoa, Cuba. The man got out of the water safely on his own. Tropical Storm Isaac pushed into Cuba Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula. Isaac's center made landfall just before midday near the far-eastern tip of Cuba. — Associated Press photo
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