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July 25–26, 2010 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie produced a localized heavy rain event on July 25, with 8 to 9 in (200 to 230 mm) of rain falling in West Baton Rouge Parish. More than 100 homes were flooded and 20 bridges and roads were washed away. Severe weather related to the system caused further damage the following day.
The levee system revamped after Katrina protected New Orleans from catastrophic flooding after Ida struck on Sunday with 150 mph winds, tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the ...
Ida — a Category 4 storm — hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of where Category 3 ...
[89] [98] An anemometer in Port Fourchon recorded a gust of 172 mph (277 km/h) when Ida came ashore. [99] Hurricane Ida making landfall in Louisiana on August 29. Major damage was reported in Jefferson Parish. [100] On August 30, insured damage was estimated to be at least $15 billion. [101]
August 29 is not a day to celebrate in Louisiana. On the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, Hurricane Ida brewed up its own tragedies on Sunday afternoon, drawing dangerously ...
Radar estimates of 8–9 in (200–230 mm) of rain prompted flash flooding which washed out more than 20 roads and bridges in Washington Parish, [66] while about 110 homes were flooded in West Baton Rouge Parish. [67] Remnant moisture combined with a cold front to produce damaging severe thunderstorms across portions of the Southeast in late July.
Hurricane Ida barreled into the Louisiana coast on Sunday, bringing with it catastrophic levels of flooding and 150 mph winds that tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the U.S ...
Baton Rouge, 2016 Louisiana flood. Baton Rouge has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). It has mild winters, hot and humid summers, moderate to heavy rainfall, and the possibility of damaging winds and tornadoes yearlong. The area's average precipitation is 61.94 inches (141.1 cm) of rain and 0.1 inches (0.25 cm) of snow annually.