August 27 Photo Brief: Tropical Storm Isaac heads for U.S. Coast, GOP prepares for RNC in Tampa and a Robot Restaurant in Tokyo
Tropical Storm Isaac took aim at Louisiana and other U.S. Gulf states Monday, GOP prepares for Republican National Convention in Tampa, a “Robot Restaurant” opens in Kabukicho, one of Tokyo’s best known red light districts, and more in today’s daily brief.
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- This August 27, 2012 NASA TV image captured by cameras on board the International Space Station (ISS) shows Tropical Storm Isaac heading on track towards the US state of Louisiana. Tropical Storm Isaac took aim at Louisiana and other U.S. Gulf states Monday, prompting them to declare states of emergency almost seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. (NASA HO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Water pools underneath doors on the third level of the Tampa Bay Times Forum on the abbreviated first day of the Republican National Convention August 27, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Organizers decided to delay the start of the convention as the projected path of Tropical Storm Isaac’ put the storm blowing past Tampa and into the Gulf of Mexico. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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- Anti-GOP protesters stand in the rain during a protest rally in downtown Tampa, Florida August 27, 2012. Due to incoming severe weather and possible hurricane conditions expected to hit the state by Monday, the Republicans have decided to cut short their National Convention by one day. (Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Two women wear plastic bags as shelter from the bad weather before the start of the abbreviated first day of the Republican National Convention outside the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 27, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. The RNC is scheduled to convene today, but will hold its first full session tomorrow after being delayed due to Tropical Storm Isaac. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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- The Tampa Bay Times Forum is seen on August 27, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Tampa is preparing for the start of the Republican National Convention at the Forum. The RNC is scheduled to convene on Monday and will hold its first session on August 28 as Tropical Storm Isaac has caused disruptions due to its proximity to the city. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- Members of the National Guard patrol outside the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 27, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Tampa is preparing for the start of the Republican National Convention at the Forum. The RNC is scheduled to convene on Monday and will hold its first session on August 28 as Tropical Storm Isaac has caused disruptions due to its proximity to the city. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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- The speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner checks his pockets on stage at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, during final preparations for the opening of the Republican National Convention on August 27, 2012. (Brendan Smialowki/AFP/Getty Images)
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- The floor at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 26, 2012 ahead of the Republican National Convention. The 2012 Republican National Convention is scheduled to be held at the Tampa Bay Times Forum from August 27-30, 2012, and is expected to host 2,286 delegates and 2,125 alternate delegates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five territories. (Stan Honda/AFP/GettyImages)
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- American political consultant Karl Rove (L) and Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah (R) share a word at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, during final preparations for the opening of the Republican National Convention on August 27, 2012. (Brendan Smialowki/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A customer gives a thumbs-up as he is seated on a 3.6 meter-high custom-made female robot at the newly opened “Robot Restaurant” in Kabukicho, one of Tokyo’s best known red light districts, August 16, 2012. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)
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- Revellers perform at the Notting Hill Carnival on August 27, 2012 in London, England. The annual 2-day carnival, which is the largest of its kind in Europe and is expected to attract around 1 million revellers, has taken place every August Bank Holiday since 1966. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Paraiso School of Samba prepare to perform at the Notting Hill Carnival on August 27, 2012 in London, England. The annual 2-day carnival, which is the largest of its kind in Europe and is expected to attract around 1 million revellers, has taken place every August Bank Holiday since 1966. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- Drummers perform at the Notting Hill Carnival on August 27, 2012 in London, England. The annual 2-day carnival, which is the largest of its kind in Europe and is expected to attract around 1 million revellers, has taken place every August Bank Holiday since 1966. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- Revellers perform at the Notting Hill Carnival on August 27, 2012 in London, England. The annual 2-day carnival, which is the largest of its kind in Europe and is expected to attract around 1 million revellers, has taken place every August Bank Holiday since 1966. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- Performers dance at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London August 27, 2012. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)
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- Participants dressed in traditional Bavarian lederhosen compete in the 5th ox-racing championship on August 26, 2012 in Muensing, Germany. The competition, which only takes place once every four years, is a race of jockeys riding bareback on oxen across a field and is complemented with a morning procession and “ox-ball” in a festivities tent after the races. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
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- Three sheep walk along the North Sea Dike in Dagebuell, northern Germany, on August 27, 2012. (Carsten Rehder/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian artist Gulab prepares idols of the Hindu God Lord Ganesha in Amritsar on August 27, 2012. Hindus bring home Lord Ganesha idols in order to invoke his blessings for wisdom and prosperity at the start of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival (birth anniversary of Ganesh), starting September 19. (Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Syrian prisoners, who had been arrested for their involvement in anti-regime protests, wait to be released in Damascus on August 27, 2012. The official SANA agency reported that authorities released 378 people detained for their participation in street protests, adding that those freed were never involved in acts of violence. (Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Image)
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- A Free Syrian Army sniper takes his position at the Seif El Dawla neighborhood in Aleppo August 27, 2012. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)
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- A woman is seen from a hole in her home’s wall, caused by clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in Tripoli, northern Lebanon August 27, 2012. (Omar Ibrahim/Reuters)
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- Kenyan police patrol the port city of Mombasa on August 27, 2012 after riots occurred following the killing of a radical cleric linked to Somalia’s Al-Qaeda allied Shebab, Aboud Rogo Mohammed. One person was killed and two churches were looted in Mombasa on August 27, after the killing of the cleric. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Chinese fishing boat fights high waves after taking shelter in a port on the southern island of Jeju on August 27, 2012, ahead of the arrival of a major typhoon. Officials were put on high alert with classes cancelled in Seoul and other cities as Typhoon Bolaven — one of the most powerful storms in the region in decades — was churning towards the peninsula. (Yon Hap/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A woman walks past tents at HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong August 27, 2012. The protesters said they would not leave the site despite a court order requiring them to clear out from the ground floor of the HSBC headquarters by 1300 GMT on Monday. Occupy Central has on the grounds since October 15, 2011, echoing similar anti-Wall Street demonstrations in the United States. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
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- Spanish matador Tulio Salguero is trampled by a bull during a bullfight in The Mexico bullring in Mexico City August 26, 2012. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)
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- A column of smoke rises as fuel storage tanks are seen on fire at Amuay oil refinery in Punto Fijo in the Peninsula of Paraguana, August 27, 2012. A fire burned for a third day in two fuel storage tanks at Venezuela’s biggest refinery on Monday, putting in doubt plans to quickly restart the facility after one of the worst accidents to hit the global oil industry for decades. (Marife Cuauro/Reuters)
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Tropical Storm Isaac slogs toward U.S. Gulf Coast
Kathy Finn Reuters
11:34 a.m. EDT, August 27, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Isaac churned across the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, disrupting U.S. offshore energy production and threatening to hit Louisiana on the anniversary of devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The storm swiped south Florida on Sunday before moving into warm Gulf waters, where it is expected to strengthen into a hurricane.
On its current track, Isaac was due to slam into the Gulf Coast anywhere between Florida and Louisiana by Tuesday night or early Wednesday, the seventh anniversary of Katrina hitting New Orleans, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
“The weather is going to go downhill well in advance of that and that’s why today is the day of preparation,” said NHC director Richard Knabb.
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