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At least four people are dead after powerful storms tore through the waterlogged and storm-weary South. More storms in the coming days will raise the risk once again of flash flooding, damaging ...
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette in Louisiana, plus Jackson, Hattiesburg, Biloxi and Gulfport in Mississippi are just a handful of cities at risk for flash flooding.
Many teachers' homes flooded, with 4,000 staff members' homes in Baker sustaining damage and another 2,000 in East Baton Rouge Parish. [51] East Baton Rouge Parish schools announced they won't open back up until September 6, 25 days after school was originally canceled for the floods on August 12, the third day of school. [52]
At least three people were dead after a foot of rain fell in Lake Charles and 10 inches in Baton Rouge, officials said. More rain is forecast. Flooding from Louisiana storms turns deadly [Video]
Major river flooding occurs in Amite River and Comite River, which experience their highest water levels since 1983. Homes are destroyed and swept away by flooding across the state. [10] In Zachary, a man is killed after a tornado knocks a tree onto his truck. [1] Damages from Tropical Storm Allison in Louisiana alone total to $65 million. [11]
The duration of flooding at Greenville, Mississippi, and Red River Landing and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, exceeded the records set by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The Red River Landing gauge was above flood stage for 226 days from 28 December 2018 until 10 August 2019.
A hurricane watch is in effect for most of the coast of Louisiana, and tropical storm watch is in effect for New Orleans, Lake Charles and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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]