Isaac becomes full-blown hurricane as it nears New Orleans on Katrina anniversary

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NEW ORLEANS — Slowing-moving Tropical Storm Isaac gained full-blown Hurricane status as closed in on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Isaac’s winds, rain and storm surge could pose a major test of New Orleans’ new flood control systems and reinforced levees.

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