Airlines suspend operations in New Orleans as Issac threatens
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, Issac is projected to become a Category 2 Hurricane with winds up to 100 miles per hour in the early hours of Wednesday when it projected to make landfall in New Orleans.
As Issac bears down on the city that survived Katrina, all major airlines have cancelled flights to the city. Southwest, American, United have cancelled all flights until further notice.
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport says on its website that all airlines that serve the city will stop flying at the end of their schedule on Monday night. No flights will come in or go out on Tuesday. The site also stated that the airport is not an evacuation center and passengers will not be able to seek shelter there during the storm.
In addition, almost all flights in and out of Pensacola Regional Airport in Florida are cancelled. Mobile Regional and Gulfport-Biloxi International will be closed by midday on Tuesday.
Although flights have been cancelled, city officials in New Orleans have not ordered an evacuation. They point to a nearly 10 billion pricetag in levee improvements and to the fact that Hurricane Issac is a weaker storm system than Katrina.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told the press on Monday that "There is nothing this storm will bring us that we are not capable of handling."
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