NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has arrived in Louisiana to survey damage from the storm Isaac.
   
Friday's trip was his first stop after closing the Republican National Convention in Florida a night earlier.
   
The former Massachusetts governor was expected to visit an emergency command center in Lafitte, near New Orleans, where emergency crews were assisting victims of Hurricane Isaac.
   
The storm brought severe flooding to the area this week before it was downgraded to a tropical storm.
   
Romney was joining Gov. Bobby Jindal on a scheduled tour of storm damage.

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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will head to Louisiana to tour damage from Hurricane Isaac.
   
Romney has scheduled a last-minute visit Friday to Lafitte, La., where he will tour damage with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. The storm canceled the first day of Romney's Republican convention, and his campaign has been considering a visit for several days.
   
Romney is scrapping an appearance in Virginia to go to Louisiana instead.
   
Heavy rains and flooding have contributed to at least five deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi this week after the slow-moving storm knocked out power in whole neighborhoods.
   
In Louisiana, Romney will thank emergency first responders for their work.

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