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Breaking News: After Isaac Coverage
A $4.5 million federal grant has been awarded to Jefferson Parish to help with costs for cleaning up debris created by Hurricane Isaac's high winds and flooding.more>> A $4.5 million federal grant has been awarded to Jefferson Parish to help with costs for cleaning up debris created by Hurricane Isaac's high winds and flooding.more>> Cat Island's name causes some confusion with the more famous island of the name in Mississippi. However, that could be academic soon as the island in Barataria Bay is vanishing before our eyes.
more>> Cat Island's name causes some confusion with the more famous island of the name in Mississippi. However, that could be academic soon as the island in Barataria Bay is vanishing before our eyes.
more>> Life in Delacroix is slowly returning to normal.more>> Life in Delacroix is slowly returning to normal.more>> Plaquemines Parish will receive a $13.7 million federal grant to help ensure the parish's continued economic recovery following Hurricane Isaacmore>> Plaquemines Parish will receive a $13.7 million federal grant to help ensure the parish's continued economic recovery following Hurricane Isaacmore>> A hard-hit North Shore community is recovering from the August hurricane, but work remains.more>> A hard-hit North Shore community is recovering from the August hurricane, but work remains.
more>> The Small Business Administration will take over operation of a disaster recovery center set up in New Orleans after Hurricane Isaac.more>> The Small Business Administration will take over operation of a disaster recovery center set up in New Orleans after Hurricane Isaac.more>> Southeastern Louisiana's new levees and flood walls were not responsible for flooding areas outside the system during Hurricane Isaac, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study concludes.more>> Southeastern Louisiana's new levees and flood walls were not responsible for flooding areas outside the system during Hurricane Isaac, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study concludes.more>> Residents of Waveland and nearby communities fear new structure would pile more water onto them.more>> Residents of Waveland and nearby communities fear new structure would pile more water onto them.more>> Unless coastal land loss is slowed or reversed, South Louisiana could become even more vulnerable to relatively "minor" tropical storms and hurricanes.more>> Unless coastal land loss is slowed or reversed, south Louisiana could become even more vulnerable to relatively "minor" tropical storms and hurricanes.
more>> Hurricane Isaac nearly wiped out islands in Cat Bay.more>> Hurricane Isaac nearly wiped out islands in Cat Bay.more>>
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - A new chemical analysis shows that virtually all the tar balls washing onto the Alabama coast are directly linked to the BP oil spill more than two years ago.
The report released Thursday by Auburn University says that tar balls caused by the spill are hundreds to thousands of times more common than another type of asphalt-like tar deposit that's been in the Gulf for years.
Researchers tested tar found after Hurricane Isaac last month. They found the material is from the BP well, and that certain chemicals in the tar have barely broken down since June 2010.
The work was funded by the city of Orange Beach, the National Science Foundation and others.
BP says it hasn't seen the study. Spokesman Ray Melick says the tar balls are scattered and that BP is working to remove them.
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