Isaac Destruction

Torrential rain dumped by Hurricane Isaac threatened to burst a dam in Mississippi on Thursday, triggering the mass evacuation of local residents, while large areas of the region were still flooded and without power but getting ready to mop up.

Search-and-rescue operations around New Orleans resumed on Thursday after Hurricane Isaac brought heavy flooding, but relieved residents and authorities said the storm's destruction was nothing like that seen from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Torrential rain dumped by Hurricane Isaac threatened to burst a dam in Mississippi on Thursday, triggering the mass evacuation of local residents, while large areas of the region were still flooded and without power but getting ready to mop up.

Search-and-rescue operations around New Orleans resumed on Thursday after Hurricane Isaac brought heavy flooding, but relieved residents and authorities said the storm's destruction was nothing like that seen from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.