Tropical Storm Isaac closed in on the U.S. Gulf coast on
Monday, triggering evacuation orders in some areas and disrupting offshore oil
production as it threatened to make landfall between Florida and Louisiana as a
Category 2 hurricane, cnbc reports. Satellite image provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Isaac (L) reached tropical storm status and is
approaching the Lesser Antilles islands as it moves westward on August 22, 2012
in the Atlantic Ocean.
The wide, slow-moving storm swiped south Florida on Sunday
and strengthened over the warm Gulf waters. It was expected to reach land late
on Tuesday or early Wednesday, the anniversary of devastating Hurricane Katrina
seven years ago.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned the storm could
buffet towns and cities in at least three U.S. states near the shoreline and
flood the northern Gulf coast with a storm surge of up to 12 feet (3.6 meters)
in some areas….
Read all about it at http://www.cnbc.com/id/48808328
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