Hurricane Isaac moves inland

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The centre of Hurricane Isaac moves just inland over southeastern Louisiana after making a second landfall, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday.

The centre of Isaac was about 35 miles south-southeast of Houma, Louisiana and about 55 miles southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, the NHC said.

Water flowed over the top of a flood defence in southeast Louisiana early on Wednesday, threatening serious flooding, after huge rains caused by Hurricane Isaac, media reported.