Hurricane Isaac delivers a slow blow in Louisiana

Isaac, now a tropical storm, causes widespread flooding from New Orleans through Mississippi and Alabama. More than half a million lose power.NEW ORLEANS — On the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday, this city absorbed a rough reminder of the Gulf Coast's vulnerability as big, slow Hurricane Isaac delivered a punishing but less powerful blow than its catastrophic predecessor.

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