Rescues in Plaquemines Parish. The New Orleans levees are holding but water is coming over the rural levees in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Dozens of people are being rescued in Plaquemines Parish. NBC's Gabe Gutierriez reports. Share This:And for almost as long, the oystermen, river pilots and others who call it home have refused to let go. But in Isaac, the residents of Plaquemines Parish are battling an adversary some fear they may have underestimated, even as it weakens to a tropicalBut in Isaac, the residents of Plaquemines Parish are battling an adversary some fear they may have underestimated, even as it weakens to a tropical storm. "We've never seen it this bad - the way this wind is shifting," said Alvin Sylve, a 52-year-oldState crews intentionally breached the back levee Thursday that had been trapping more than a dozen feet of Hurricane Isaac's flood waters in Plaquemines Parish. The breach is expected to drain most of the roughly 8 feet of Water that overtopped levees was trapped in Plaquemines Parish with nowhere to drain. Officials were considering intentionally breaching a levee downstream to allow some of the floodwater to flow
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