Damage assessment underway after Hurricane Isaac

Rail

Thursday, August 30, 2012

The U.S. Coast Guard plans to assess the Lower Mississippi River Thursday morning and work with pilot organizations to determine when to open the tributary to commercial traffic following Hurricane Isaac. Any determination must await soundings of the channel conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers to check whether the storm changed the channel's draft and the presence of debris, according to the Port of New Orleans. Port officials said they hope to resume normal ...

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