Isaac sweeping New Orleans, where levees hold the shock

There is Seven years to the day after Katrina ravaged , New Orleans was struck Wednesday by Hurricane Isaac , who drowned on his way to Louisiana under torrential rain, leaving 545.000 homes electricity. Anti-flood levees after Katrina held high at the moment the shot in New Orleans, provides the army, but the danger is not far: 30 km south of the city, a dam was submerged causing flooding of more than 3 feet of water in many homes. Isaac will weaken.Isaac is accompanied by heavy rains and very strong winds, although the hurricane landfall since he, s' weakened slightly : at 1500 GMT (17 hours in France), its winds reached 120 km / h, against 130 km / h few hours earlier, according to the Center Hurricane Watch (NHC). "A gradual weakening is expected in the course of the next 48 hours, As Isaac continued to grow in the land, "pointing to the NHC. Currently, Isaac is classified as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson, which has five degrees. At 15h GMT, the NHC provided it should be downgraded to a tropical storm in the day Wednesday. 's eye will not pass on New Orleans. 's eye of Hurricane Isaac was about 72 km southwest of New Orleans Wednesday at 17 pm ( Paris ), according to the NHC. But Isaac heading northwest at a speed of 9 km / h, the eye should not go directly to the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, although its effects are felt there too. The hurricane is expected to sweep the Louisiana Wednesday and Thursday before hitting southern Arkansas early Friday. The NHC also announced Friday the formation of a new tropical storm in the Atlantic, called Kirk, who threatens no a priori ground. The anti-flooding device is shock. system built around anti-flooding of New resists Orleans Hurricane Isaac, said Wednesday the army. "We have confidence in the system" that "responds as it should do," say the engineers in a statement. After Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans August 29, 2005, died by 1800, these engineers had built the city in a tangle of 560 km of dikes, flood walls and sliding anti-78 pumping stations. flooding in the region. In many areas, heavy rainfall accompanying Isaac have already caused flooding. Residents of Plaquemines Parish, on the coast south of New Orleans, have had to be evacuated on Wednesday due to a sudden rise of the waters, which have inundated at least one dam. The president of the parish, Billy Nungesser, said on WWLTV that the hurricane was more violent than a Category 1 hurricane, "I do not know what we hear, but the damage was less severe with Katrina." "The dikes were submerged in Plaquemines County due to rains caused by Isaac were not part of the network built by the federal government after Katrina," the military said. In the county, according to local media, residents are stuck in the attic of their house or on the roof, where some are rescued by boat neighbors. 545,000 people without electricity in Louisiana. Isaac Hurricane caused more torrential and frequent power cuts in Louisiana. The utility Entergy Louisiana reported 545,000 homes in southeastern Louisiana without power, including more than 200,000 in New Orleans. The restoration of electricity will not be until Thursday, said Entergy, and only if the winds decrease significantly. Airports in New Orleans, Gulfport-Biloxi (Mississippi) and Mobile (Alabama) are closed, officials said, with more than 1,500 flights canceled.