Disaster_Accident

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Two men use a small boat to travel Aug. 30, 2012, though flooded streets in Slidell, La. Isaac's maximum sustained winds had decreased to 45 mph and the National Hurricane Center said it was expected to become a tropical depression by Thursday night. (Associated Press)

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NV Homes is building town homes and villas at the Peninsula on the Indian River Bay in Millsboro, Del. The Bornquist model is base-priced at $329,990 or $354,990 and has 2,223 square feet of living space.

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Pulte Homes is building 45 town homes on quarter-acre sites at Quince Trace in North Potomac. The Tyler model has approximately 2,467 finished square feet, and is base-priced from $559,990.

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Chuck Cropp (center), his son, Piers (left), and wife, Liz, wade through floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac on Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans. (Associated Press)

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Washington Nationals relief pitcher Tyler Clippard, left, and catcher Kurt Suzuki celebrate after defeating the Miami Marlins 8-4 during a baseball game on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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A Los Angeles City firefighter assists one of eight people injured when a car sped onto a sidewalk and plowed into a group of parents and children outside Main Street Elementary school, Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. The crash occurred at 2:50 p.m., shortly after school had let out for the day, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Unified School District. Some of the people injured were children. (AP Photo/La Opinion, J. Emilio Flores)

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Members of the Swift Water Rescue Team rescue stranded employees of radio station WQRZ in the Shoreline Park area of Bay St. Louis, Miss., during Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, John Fitzhugh)

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Wreckage of a Chinese ship sits on the shore after it slammed into rocks off the southern coast of South Korea near Jeju on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ho-chun)