Disasters
Great Flood of 1927
The Flood of 1927 inundated nearly 26,000 square miles in 170 counties and parishes in seven states, driving an estimated 931,159 people from their homes.
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Hurricane Andrew
After wreaking havoc on Florida, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Louisiana and caused widespread devastation.
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Hurricane Audrey
Hurricane Audrey, the first named storm of the 1957 season, took residents by surprise with an earlier-than-expected landfall and claimed more than four hundred lives.
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Hurricane Betsy
In September 1965, Hurricane Betsy, one of the deadliest and costliest storms in US history, made landfall near New Orleans.
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8.17 c. Hurricane Betsy
One of the most destructive storms in Louisiana history, Hurricane Betsy made landfall on September 9, 1965.
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Hurricane Camille
Hurricane Camille struck coastal Mississippi in mid-August of 1969, marking the first designated Category 5 storm and one of Louisiana’s most storied tropical weather events.
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8.17 c. Hurricane Camille
When Hurricane Camille made landfall in 1969, it devastated communities and caused widespread damage to Louisiana’s oil and gas infrastructure.
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Hurricane Gustav
Hurricane Gustav was the first major storm to test New Orleans’s rehabbed defenses after Hurricane Katrina.
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Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike’s size and timing was a sobering reminder that Louisiana was underprepared for another storm on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and the subsequent levee failures resulted in one of the worst disasters in United States history.
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8.17 c. Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed brought international attention to Louisiana.
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8.17 c. Hurricane Rita
A Category 3 hurricane, Hurricane Rita made landfall twenty-six days after Hurricane Katrina.
