The National Hurricane Center says the center of what is now Hurricane Isaac may make landfall on the southeast Louisiana coastline as early as this evening.
Not all forecasters share that timeline, however. Dr. Tim Doggett, principal scientist at AIR Worldwide, says the hurricane’s eye will more likely hit the coastline around 8 a.m. on Wed., Aug. 29.
Either way, the hurricane, which is now packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, is on a northwesterly track toward the mouth of the Mississippi River, the NHC reports.
Significant flooding from storm surge and rainfall is expected.
At midday on Aug. 28, the storm was located about 75 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and about 160 miles to the south-southeast of New Orleans, according to AIR Worldwide.
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