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Significant flooding was unfolding in the New Orleans area, forecasters warned. The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency on Wednesday night for the I-10 corridor in the New ...
New Orleans nurse pulls off dramatic rescue. Miles Crawford was standing outside his home Wednesday night watching Francine pound New Orleans with torrential rainfall and gusty winds when he ...
Rainfall in New Orleans totaled 5-7 inches, and some pockets got 8 inches, he said. On the Northshore, some places even saw double digits in rainfall. Flooding in the region was "no surprise ...
The May 1995 Louisiana flood, also known as the May 1995 Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi Flood, was a heavy rainfall event which occurred across an area stretching from the New Orleans metropolitan area into southern Mississippi. A storm total rainfall maximum of 27.5 inches (700 mm) was recorded near Necaise, Mississippi. [1]
The failures caused flooding in 80% of New Orleans and all of St. Bernard Parish. In New Orleans alone, 134,000 housing units—70% of all occupied units—suffered damage from Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. [1]
New Orleans and Mobile are bracing for heavy rainfall on Monday, but the real flood threat ramps up Tuesday. Widespread, heavy rain is expected to soak the Deep South, potentially leading to ...
The famous French Quarter and Garden District escaped flooding because those area are above sea level. A total of 573 deaths occurred in New Orleans alone. Several other parishes were severely impacted by the storm. Many areas outside of New Orleans also suffered wind damage, especially St. Tammany and Washington parishes.
Flooding risks were highest for large sections of southeastern Louisiana, including New Orleans and the rest of the delta, and a strip of southwestern Mississippi, including the vast majority of ...