Isaac

Hey New Orleans, you can't say this weather man didn't warn you. Enough said!

Isaac is officially a hurricane that could possibly flood the coasts of four states with heavy rain. People in New Orleans are hunkered down behind levees that have been modified since the devastation of Katrina seven years ago this week.

Isaac has been upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane…on the eve of the seven-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s south Louisiana landfall.

Emergency response officials are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best as Tropical Storm Isaac picks up strength in the Gulf of Mexico. There is one shelter already open in the Ark-La-Tex with other locations on standby as needed. We have shelter information as well as volunteer information for you.

All flights in to and out of New Orleans have been cancelled as of Tuesday, August 27 due to Tropical Storm Isaac. Flight cancellations were released by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines.

Tropical Storm Isaac isn't a hurricane yet but will be soon according to the National Hurricane Center. A tropical storm becomes a Category 1 hurricane when winds reach 74 mph. Isaac's top sustained winds have reached 70 mph as of 5 p.m. today.

As Tropical Storm Isaac makes a path through the Gulf of Mexico, it continues to gain strength. The path is very much the same as Hurricane Katrina almost seven years ago.

Issaac is expected to move away from the Florida Keys Sunday night, over the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Monday and approach the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday. Isaac is expected to become a hurricane late Monday or early Tuesday.

June 1st has been the traditional start of the Atlantic hurricane season for decades. However, the end date has been slowly shifted outward, from October 31st to November 15th until its current date of November 30th.