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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 Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority (SLFPA) was established by Louisiana state law Revised Statute §38:330.1 in September 2006. Its operation began in January 2007. The Authority consists of two regional levee boards which oversee flood protection in the Greater New Orleans area on the east and west banks of the Mississippi ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
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In St. Helena Parish, which was among the hardest hit parishes by the floods, less than 1% of all homeowners had flood insurance. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] Because of the large number of homeowners without flood insurance that were affected, the federal government is providing disaster aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [ 3 ]
Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
St. Tammany Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Tammany; Spanish: Parroquia de St. Tammany) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after Tamanend, [3] the legendary Lenape Chief of Chiefs and the "Patron Saint of America." [3] [4] [5] At the 2020 census, the population was 264,570, making it the fourth-most populous parish in ...
from parts of St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish. Named by Spanish settlers in honor of the Iberian Peninsula: 67,659: 1,031 sq mi (2,670 km 2) Iberville Parish: 047: Plaquemine: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, the brother of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville: 29,617: 653 sq mi (1,691 km 2 ...