Situation in Braithwaite grim; flooding is massive

http://www.wdsu.com/weather/hurricanes/Situation-in-Braithwaite-grim-flooding-is-massive/-/12848220/16405970/-/fhfruiz/-/index.html

BRAITHWAITE, La. —

The situation was bleak in some Eastbank Plaquemines Parish neighborhoods that were inundated by water as Hurricane Isaac pushed across the region.

Officials said an 18-mile stretch of levees was overtopped by water from the Mississippi River early Wednesday. The resulting flood brought as much as 10 feet of water to residential areas, early reports indicated.

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WDSU reporter Gina Swanson said water was encroaching on an evacuation shelter in Raceland, in Lafourche Parish

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