Tangipahoa Parish officials have issued a mandatory evacuation after the expected failure of the Percy Quin Dam due to Tropical Storm Isaac, the Times-Picayune reports:
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise announced that parish President Gordon Burgess called for immediate, mandatory evacuation on his Facebook page, saying the dam on Lake Tangipahoa is in “extreme danger” of failing.
The evacuation area runs from Kentwood to Robert along the river, he said.