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NEW ORLEANS — The lingering effects of Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana on Thursday saw thousands still without electricity, thousands more seeking aid for damage or losses and hundreds, so far, seeking temporary housing.
Isaac also churned up an unpleasant reminder of another disaster: deposits of tar on the shoreline — weathered oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. BP said Wednesday that the deposits at Port Fourchon are from the spill. The company said it was working with state and federal authorities on a cleanup.
Isaac Victims Blame Levees for Floods
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LAPLACE, La. — 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 look into whether the city's fortified defenses pushed floodwaters provoked by Hurricane Isaac into outlying areas.
However, the Corps has said it is unlikely scientific analysis will confirm that theory, suggested not only by locals, but by some of the state's most powerful politicians. Instead, weather experts say a unique set of circumstances about the storm — not the floodwalls surrounding the New Orleans metro area — had more to do with flooding neighborhoods that in recent years have never been under water because of storm surge.
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