NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Isaac hovered over Louisiana for a third day Thursday, shedding more than a foot of additional rain that forced authorities to hurriedly evacuate areas ahead of the storm and rescue hundreds of people who could not escape as the rapidly rising waters swallowed entire neighborhoods.
In this Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 photo, members of the Army National Guard patrol Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in New Orleans, La.
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