Tropical Storm Isaac Pounding Louisiana: Monroe Residents Prepare

By: Brittney Johnson, KARK 4 Today

Updated: August 30, 2012

Tropical Storm Isaac is pounding the state of Louisiana Thursday before heading north to Arkansas.

Slow-moving Isaac was downgraded to a tropical storm on Wednesday but is still packing a punch.

Wednesday, Monroe residents prepares several sandbags in preparation for the storm to hit. In Plaquemines Parish, the storm surge overtopped an 18-mile stretch of levee. National Guardsmen and residents rescued dozens of people trapped in homes.

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