Evacuations along Mississippi-Louisiana border as dam breach feared

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-isaac-evacuations-20120830,0,444992.story

Thousands of residents north and south of the Mississippi-Louisiana border were ordered to evacuate Thursday because of the possible failure of an Isaac-battered dam.

Officials are considering breaching the Lake Tangipahoa dam in order to direct water into a forested area and prevent massive flooding to low-lying residential communities downstream.