As many as 50,000 residents of Louisiana’s Tangipahoa Parish were evacuated today as waters from Isaac, now downgraded to a tropical depression, threatened to breach a dam in Mississippi’s Percy Quinn State Park. Officials began a controlled release of water to keep the dam from failing.
Officials in MS are beginning to breach the dam to relieve pressure, but folks should take every precaution and prepare for the worst.
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) August 30, 2012
BREAKING: Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant says leaders will do controlled breech to ease Tangipahoa River tension. Will be done Friday.
— Travers Mackel (@TraversWDSU) August 30, 2012
Here is a pic of the dam in Pike County, MS. http://t.co/BNO8mQHB pic.twitter.com/FEZaDAMl
— WAFB (@WAFB) August 30, 2012
Another look at massive flooding in area of Manchac, La. In Tangipahoa Parish. #Isaac pic.twitter.com/pJPNoGyM
— William Welch (@williammwelch) August 30, 2012
#Tangipahoa River clearly rising. I planted this stick on the water's edge in #Kentwood only an hr ago. #wfaaisaac pic.twitter.com/YN0Ubxsu
— Jonathan Betz (@jebetz) August 30, 2012
Hidden Oaks campground in Robert. Im told homes are raised 7.5 ft off ground. Very close to Tangipahoa rvr pic.twitter.com/XynaJFAD
— Monica Hernandez (@MonicaTVNews) August 30, 2012
The town of Kentwood was evacuated after a flyover by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess. Officials estimated that flood waters could hit homes with 60 to 90 minutes in the event of a dam failure.
#Isaac is still a pain. Gov. Jindal worried that a dam on this river could breach. Kentwood, La., evacuating fast. pic.twitter.com/V3mAVYlw
— Alan Gomez (@alangomez) August 30, 2012
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