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Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds.
The Red River. Shreveport, Louisiana. Although many advances have been made towards flood protection in Louisiana, flooding is inevitable; the changing course of the river(s) will continue no matter how high the levees are built. [12] The Mississippi River flood history shows that the river has a pattern of major flooding once every decade or so.
Randy Jackson and Harry Connick Jr. were scheduled to host a benefit concert at the Baton Rouge River Center Theatre on September 5, featuring over a dozen artists, and all proceeds went to the American Red Cross Louisiana Flood Relief fund. [40]
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 ...
Francine slammed into Louisiana's coast as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday leaving hundreds of thousands without power and widespread flooding.
Red River Landing, Louisiana, reached the 4th highest crest of record at 60.52 feet (18.45 m) on June 5 and was flooded for 115 days. All bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway were opened for 35 days. [5] Great Flood of 1993, with the Mississippi River out of its banks in Festus, Missouri.
Louisiana bore the brunt of the outages, with more than 58,000. The South has been battered by several rounds of rain and severe thunderstorms over the past week.
The Red River floods refer to the various flooding events in recent history of the Red River of the North, which forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and flows north, into Manitoba. Around 16% of the Red River basin , excluding the Assiniboine basin, is located in Canada; the remainder is within The Dakotas and Minnesota.