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A map of radar-estimated rainfall accumulations across Louisiana between August 9 and 16, 2016; areas shaded in white indicate accumulations in excess of 20 in (510 mm). Early on August 11, a mesoscale convective system flared up in southern Louisiana around a weak area of low pressure that was situated next to an outflow boundary.
The 2015 Louisiana flood took place in the United States for several weeks in June 2015. [1] The areas in Louisiana affected by the Red River flood included Caddo Parish , Bossier Parish , Natchitoches Parish , Rapides Parish , and the cities of Coushatta , Alexandria , and Shreveport .
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 ...
Louisiana floods may refer to several events throughout Louisiana history: Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 - The worst river flood in U.S. history caused damage in Louisiana along with other states; Mississippi flood of 1973 - Affected areas around the Mississippi River in Louisiana and other states; May 1995 Louisiana flood - Much of New ...
Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds.
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 ...
Workers with the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority closed floodgates along the city’s Harvey Canal Tuesday morning. A map shows the forecast path of Tropical Storm Francine.
A map of shows Hurricane Francine over southern Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center said heavy rain and tropical-storm-force winds are spreading inland across the state.