Hurricane Isaac’s Trail of Destruction

Seven years to the day that Hurricane Katrina made its second landfall, tearing levees and flooding 80 percent of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Isaac made its second landfall on Wednesday, drenching the city.

Isaac brought flooding rains and devastating 80 mile-per-hour winds. Plaquemines Parish was hardest hit, prompting authorities to intentionally breach a levee to relieve pressure from flood waters. Billy Nungesser, president of the parish, told reporters the city had “never seen anything like this, not even Katrina.”

Near the town of Braithwaite, dozens of homes are surrounded by murky water. Trees were submerged to their upper branches. Part of Interstate 10 is also underwater. A local cemetery has had trees uprooted and caskets unearthed by the flood.

In the city of LaPlace, crews have been evacuating residents and working to save livestock. Many residents have said they lost all their property except for what they could carry with them.

Read our articles “A Jewel in America’s Crown—Lost” and “Hurricane Katrina: A Nationwide Catastrophe.” Also watch our recent video from Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry, “Is Hurricane Isaac a Warning From God?