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Grand Isle inundated after the passage of Hurricane Isaac in August 2012. July 25–26, 2010 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie produced a localized heavy rain event on July 25, with 8 to 9 in (200 to 230 mm) of rain falling in West Baton Rouge Parish. More than 100 homes were flooded and 20 bridges and roads were washed away.
When Hurricane Katrina moved ashore on August 29, its strongest winds occurred to the east of the eye in extreme southeastern Louisiana. Along the coast, wind gusts reached 114 mph (183 km/h) in Grand Isle. In New Orleans, the Michoud Assembly Facility recorded a wind gust of 123 mph (198 km/h) at an elevation of about 40 ft (12 m).
Storm damage from Hurricane Katrina in September 2005 Storm damage from Hurricane Gustav in September 2008 Two men collecting oil samples from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill at a beach in Grand Isle in May 2010. Hurricane Katrina pounded Grand Isle for two days, August 28–29, 2005, destroying or damaging homes and camps along the entire ...
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 ...
On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast -- leaving its mark as one of the strongest storms to ever impact the U.S. coast. Devastation ranged from Louisiana to Alabama to ...
An estimated 1.5 million people fled Louisiana before Hurricane Katrina bore down in 2005. Cars jammed on the New Orleans' Causeway in attempts to escape the Category 3 hurricane barreling toward ...
Hurricane Rita (2005) – Category 5 hurricane which struck the Gulf Coast of the United States at Category 3 intensity just a month after Katrina impacted Louisiana. Hurricane Harvey (2017) – Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Texas and is the wettest cyclone in U.S. history; tied with Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record
The eye of Hurricane Katrina as viewed from a NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion on August 28. Late on August 28, another eyewall replacement cycle began as Katrina turned due north toward Louisiana. However, an increase in wind shear and entrainment of dry air interrupted this cycle. As the inner eyewall collapsed, the outer one failed to consolidate ...