Disaster_Accident

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Tony Miranda takes a break from clearing out his home in LaPlace, La., on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, after it was flooded by Hurricane Isaac. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Arthur D. Lauck)

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Washington Redskins safety Tanard Jackson (34) and DeAngelo Hall (23) reacts after a play against the Indianapolis Colts during a preseason NFL football game, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, his wife Ann, center, and Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., right, talk with Sen. David Vitter, R-La., back to camera, during a tour of flooding caused by hurricane Isaac, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Jean Lafitte, La. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Kenny Melkin (left) helps his wife, Becky, navigate Aug. 31, 2012, through floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac as they make their way to see their flooded home in the West End Park neighborhood along Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. (Associated Press)

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Renato Solidum, head of the Philippine seismology agency, points Aug. 31, 2012, during a press conference in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, to an area on a Philippine map where the epicenter of a 7.6-magnitude earthquake happened that day. (Associated Press)

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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)