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September 13, 2007 – Hurricane Humberto passed through the state as a weakening tropical storm after making landfall at High Island, Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. Damage and impacts were fairly limited across the state. September 22, 2007 – Tropical Depression Ten was the first tropical cyclone to directly threaten New Orleans since ...
The New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 was an intense Category 4 hurricane that made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, and the most intense tropical cyclone during the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed in late September when it moved westward and peaked in intensity of 145 mph (233 km/h) to weaken slightly by time of landfall on ...
The eye of the storm passed to the southwest of New Orleans on a northwesterly track. The northern and western eyewalls covered Southeast Louisiana and the New Orleans area from about 8 pm until 4 am the next morning. In Thibodaux winds of 130 mph (210 km/h) to 140 mph (230 km/h) were reported. [88]
Hurricane Ida was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone in 2021 that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on record, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division arrived in New Orleans September 3. [citation needed] The flooding was a challenge for the paratroopers when they first arrived. The division had just four boats at the time, however, the division quickly started getting Coast Guard, Navy and Marine assets placed under their control.
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same. The hurricane brought death ...
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 ...
1831 Barbados–Louisiana hurricane; Racer's hurricane; 1856 Last Island hurricane; 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane; 1901 Louisiana hurricane; 1906 Mississippi hurricane; 1909 Grand Isle hurricane; 1915 New Orleans hurricane; 1918 Louisiana hurricane; 1919 Florida Keys hurricane; 1920 Louisiana hurricane; 1926 Louisiana hurricane; 1940 ...