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Isaac targets New Orleans; 6-12 ft "storm surge" will test levees [1]

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Paul Huttner, 8/28/12

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Source: NOAA via WSI

Isaac approaching Louisiana Coastline today

85 mph? NHC forecasting a Category 1 hurricane at landfall tonight

6 to 12 feet - expected "storm surge" with Isaac

High tide? Isaac expected to come ashore at high tide tonight

Levees tested - This will be the 1st significant test of New Orleans levee system since Katrina in 2007

7 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans on August 29, 2005

The "eye" of Isaac - Isaac finally forming an eye Tuesday morning off the Louisiana Coast

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