Hurricane Isaac

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a deluge that still has some low-lying areas under water. Most of those were in Louisiana, where utilities reported more than 100,000 people without power. Thousands also […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama consoled victims of Hurricane Isaac along the flooded Louisiana coast on Monday and vowed government officials would find out "what can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again." At times like these, "nobody's a Democrat or a Republican, […]

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. The huge spiral weather system weakened […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Isaac's whistling winds lashed this city and the storm dumped nearly a foot of rain on its desolate streets, but the system of levee pumps, walls and gates appeared to withstand one of the stiffest challenges yet. To the north and south, though, people had to be evacuated or rescued as […]

Sybil Wilkes discuesses today's news headlines including the latest on Hurricane Isaac, the arrest in the Gabrielle Swainson case, and more on TJMS.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on the seventh anniversary of Katrina, with officials weighing whether to bust a hole in a levee to relieve some of the water that was spilling over a wall in a rural part of the state Wednesday. Rescues were carried out […]

Thousands of students at two historically black colleges in New Orleans began leaving the Crescent City Monday as Hurricane Isaac approached from the Gulf, while others either sheltered in place or were bused to sister college campuses miles away. “We have told every student to activate their hurricane plan,” said Kenneth St. Charles, Xavier’s vice […]

Roland Martin talks with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu about Hurricane Isaac which is heading  towards New Orleans on the seven year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.  Landrieu reassures Martin that the city is prepared for the weather; saying, "we're preparing for the worst, hoping for the best" pointing out the city has invested 10 billion […]

Isaac is causing panic for those in its path and forcing politicians in the Republican Party to make quick decisions on delaying the start of its party convention. The momentum of the convention has been slowed because of the shift in the start of the event from Monday to Tuesday. Those behind the scenes are […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With its massive size and ponderous movement, a strengthening Isaac could become a punishing rain machine depending on its power, speed and where it comes ashore along the Gulf Coast. The focus has been on New Orleans as Isaac takes dead aim at the city seven years after Hurricane Katrina, but […]