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  2. 2016 Louisiana floods - Wikipedia

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    Property damage. $10–15 billion [2] In August 2016, prolonged rainfall from an unpredictable storm resulted in catastrophic flooding in the state of Louisiana, United States; thousands of houses and businesses were submerged. Louisiana's governor, John Bel Edwards, called the disaster a "historic, unprecedented flooding event" and declared a ...

  3. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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    A flood insurance rate map (FIRM) is an official map of a community within the United States that displays the floodplains, more explicitly special hazard areas and risk premium zones, as delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [1] The term is used mainly in the United States but similar maps exist in many other countries ...

  4. Old River Control Structure - Wikipedia

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    The Old River Control Structure is a complex containing the original low-sill [6] and overbank [7] structures, as well as the auxiliary structure that was constructed after the low-sill structure was damaged during the Mississippi River Flood of 1973. The complex also contains a navigation lock and the Sidney A. Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Station.

  5. Hurricane Francine tracker: Path, rainfall, flood risk and more

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    Hurricane Francine flash flood risk Francine continues to bring heavy rains and gusts of wind to eastern Louisiana and areas of Mississippi after making landfall.

  6. Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project - Wikipedia

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    In May 1995, record flooding events resulted in seven deaths and $1 billion in damage. As a result, Congress authorized SELA to improve flood control and rainfall drainage systems in Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Tammany Parishes. The authorization was contained in Section 108 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year ...

  7. Maps show Tropical Storm Francine's path and forecast - AOL

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    The projected path of Tropical Storm Francine. Sept. 11, 2024. / Credit: NOAA. The storm is expected to continue weakening as it travels inland. As of 11 p.m. ET Wednesday, Francine's center was ...

  8. Flash flood emergency for New Orleans as Francine pounds ...

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    Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Francine for Wednesday, Sept. 11. For the latest, view our story for Thursday, Sept. 12. Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast ...

  9. IHNC Lake Borgne Surge Barrier - Wikipedia

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    Construction cost. $1.1 billion [2] Location. The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lake Borgne Surge Barrier is a storm surge barrier constructed near the confluence of and across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) near New Orleans. The barrier runs generally north-south from a point just east of ...

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