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    La. cemeteries sinking, washing away

    At least two dozen cemeteries across the southeast Louisiana coast that are rapidly sinking or washing away because of erosion and subsidence accelerated by the tropical punch of storms such as Katrina, Rita, Gustav, Ike, Lee and Isaac. (AP)

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    1. In this Dec. 29, 2012 photo, water washes around an infant
    2. In this Dec. 29, 2012 photo, water washes around and against the tombs of those buried in a Leeville, La., cemetery. What
    3. In this Dec. 29, 2012 photo, water washes around the tombs of those buried in a Leeville, La., cemetery. What
    4. In this Dec. 29, 2012 photo, a leafless tree stands over graves in the Cheniere Caminada cemetery in Grand Isle, La. Many coastal Louisiana cemeteries are just skeletons of what they used to be. The f
    5. This Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 photo shows a small family cemetery along the bayou near Leeville, La. Some 11 cemeteries in Jefferson Parish have repeatedly flooded since Katrina, and in Lafourche, Terr
    6. In this Dec. 29, 2012 photo, water washes around and against the tombs of those buried in a Leeville, La., cemetery. What
    7. In this Dec. 29, 2012 photo, a leafless tree stands over graves in the Cheniere Caminada cemetery in Grand Isle, La. Many coastal Louisiana cemeteries are just skeletons of what they used to be. The f
    8. In this Dec. 29, 2012 photo, South Lafourche Levee District General Manager Windell Curole, who also serves on the state
    9. In this Dec. 29, 2012 photo, South Lafourche Levee District General Manager Windell Curole, who also serves on the state

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