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Francine slammed into Louisiana's coast as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday leaving hundreds of thousands without power and widespread flooding.
Flash flood emergency for New Orleans as Francine pounds Louisiana: Updates John Bacon, Thao Nguyen, Dinah Voyles Pulver and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Updated September 12, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Between 6 and 8 inches of rain deluged the area and triggered a rare flash flood emergency — the most severe flood alert — Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service. Heavy ...
The Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW), located in St. Gabriel and the sole Louisiana state prison for women, had 985 prisoners at the time of the flooding. [53] The prison experienced flooding ranging from 8 inches (200 mm) to 3 feet (0.91 m). [ 54 ]
In St. Tammany Parish, surface runoff from flash flooding causes some rivers to exceed flood stage. [16] Damage in Louisiana totaled to $150,000 (2002 USD, $260,000 2024 USD). September 5, 2002 – Tropical Storm Fay develops offshore the Louisiana coast before making landfall in Texas as a moderate tropical storm.
In May 2021, prolonged rainfall from a series of weather disturbances affected the South Central United States, namely Texas and Louisiana. [4] As a result of rainfall totals, which peaked at 17.16 in (43.6 cm) in Fannett, Texas, widespread flash flooding occurred. [1]
A month’s worth of rain in 3 days triggers dangerous flash flooding in Texas and Louisiana Mary Gilbert and Rob Shackelford, CNN Meteorologists January 25, 2024 at 2:49 PM
A flash flood in Canandaigua, New York in 2017, greatly inundates a small ditch, flooding barns and ripping out newly installed drain pipes. The United States National Weather Service gives the advice "Turn Around, Don't Drown" for flash floods; that is, it recommends that people get out of the area of a flash flood, rather than trying to cross ...