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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
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 ]
Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds that knocked out power ...
Francine slammed into Louisiana's coast as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday leaving hundreds of thousands without power and widespread flooding.
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.
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 ...
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
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]