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roof top rescues, homes under water. boats and helicopters trying to help families leave and pets being saved. isaac is now a tropical storm but still pounding the region with heavy rain. good evening. i'm dan ashley. 1500 people evacuated west of new orleans because of rising flood water from tropical storm isaac. the big storm is creeping along and piling up water with intense downpours. this house like many could not take all that water as you can see. officials say one levy will have to be punctured to relieve the pressure against it. dozens of people in louisiana and in coastal,...

u.n. called worrying and said he's sending a team of experts to help. another powerful aftershock rocked japan as night fell. the scale of destruction is already testing the country's limits. in the northeast, some 450,000 people are in temporary shelters, including american steve corbit. >> it's pretty desperate. it's kind of like a camping field. but with a lot of grief. >> reporter: survivors stand in long lines to check lists at hospitals for loved ones, as the official death toll climbed to 3300, searchers found two people alive in the rubble and continued to look for the thou...