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Up to sixteen hours of intense rain and thunderstorms flood at least 40 buildings and structures in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. September 4, 2011 – Tropical Storm Lee – A state of emergency is declared for New Orleans ahead of Lee, with the threat of the storm prompting the preparation of rescue boats across the city and city officials ...
In late August 2011, much of the western Caribbean came under the influence of abundant tropical moisture. [6] Combined with favorable upper diffluence, the moisture allowed for a perpetual area of disturbed weather to form; this, in return, contributed to the genesis of a weak tropical wave, or an elongated low-pressure feature at the lower levels of the atmosphere. [7]
Concordia Parish, Louisiana is in the foreground, on the right, and Wilkinson County, Mississippi, is in the background, across the Mississippi on the left. Old River low-sill control structure discharging water into the Atchafalaya, May 2011. The Old River Control Structure is a floodgate system in a branch of the Mississippi River in central ...
Francine slammed into Louisiana's coast as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday leaving hundreds of thousands without power and widespread flooding.
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The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 were among the largest and most damaging along the U.S. waterway in the past century, rivalling major floods in 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems dumped record rainfall on the Mississippi River watershed .
2011 Mississippi River floods - Severe flooding across the Mississippi River Valley affected Louisiana 2015 Louisiana floods - The Red River reached record levels, resulting in flooding 2016 Louisiana floods - Prolonged rainfall across South Louisiana caused catastrophic flooding resulting in over 146,000 flooded homes and 13 deaths
Louisiana, typically one of the wettest states in the country, is on fire. In communities often challenged by flooding and hurricanes this time of year, firefighters instead are fending off 300 ...