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August 27, 2020 – Hurricane Laura, as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, made landfall near the Louisiana–Texas border in Cameron Parish and simultaneously tied the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall in Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Storm surge as high as 17 feet was ...
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.
View the map of Tropical Storm Francine’s path and forecast. The storm is expected to become a hurricane by midweek as it nears the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The hurricane center earlier reported that "damaging and life-threatening hurricane-force winds" were forecast for portions of southern Louisiana Wednesday, and there was also the "danger of life ...
Levee breaches in the federally built Hurricane Protection System and the resulting flooding that occurred on August 29, 2005 in the New Orleans vicinity. On Monday, August 29, 2005, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and its suburbs following passage of Hurricane Katrina.
Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds. ... Francine made ...
0–9. Tropical Depression Five (2010) 1812 Louisiana hurricane; 1831 Barbados–Louisiana hurricane; Racer's hurricane; 1856 Last Island hurricane; 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane
The center of Hurricane Francine draws closer to the Louisiana coast, as seen in a color adjusted satellite image, at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 11, 2024 Francine brings tornado threat to Southeast