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Louisiana Hurricanes

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  • Hurricane Andrew

    Hurricane Andrew
    Category 3 Hurricane.After hitting Florida, Andrew moved across the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall about 23 miles west-southwest of Morgan City in south-central Louisiana; at landfall, the maximum sustained winds were 115 mph. As it moved ashore, the hurricane produced storm tides of at least 8 ft, causing flooding along the coast from Vermilion Bay to Lake Borgne. Across the state, the hurricane damaged 23,000 homesOverall, losses in the state of Louisiana reached approximately $1.56 billion.

  • Hurricane Danny

    Hurricane Danny
    A category 1 hurricane.Around 160 households and 80 businesses reported damage on Grand Isle. Jefferson Parish and Plaquemines Parish had $1.5 million and $3.5 million total in damage respectively.Significant flooding happened throughout Jefferson Parish, with the floods affecting a total of 163 houses and 84 businesses. Meanwhile in Plaquemines Parish, ten houses and 35 trailers had damage, with 8 businesses at least partially flooded and 40 commercial fishing boats also damaged.

  • Hurricane Lili

    Hurricane Lili
    A category 1 hurricane. Wind gusts reaching 120 mph, coupled with over 6 inches of rainfall and a storm surge of 12 feet caused over $790 million in damage to Louisiana. A total of 237,000 people lost power, and oil rigs offshore were shut down for up to a week.Crops were badly affected, particularly the sugar cane, damage totaled nearly $175 million. No direct deaths were reported as early warnin

  • Hurricane Cindy

    Hurricane Cindy
    A category 1 hurricane. In New Orleans, Louisiana, wind gusts reached 70 mph, many trees were damaged or uprooted and scattered street flooding was reported. As thousands lost electrical power, the city experienced its worst blackout since Hurricane Betsy 40 years earlier. In Louisiana, 260,000 residences were left without power.

  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina
    A category 3 Hurricane causing 1577 deaths in LA alone. On August 29, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana with 125 mph winds. Hurricane Katrina also brought heavy rain to Louisiana, with 8 – 10 inches falling on a wide swath of the eastern part of the state. In the area around Slidell, the rainfall was even higher, and the highest rainfall recorded in the state was approximately 15 inches. Almost 900,000 people in Louisiana lost power as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

  • Hurricane Rita

    Hurricane Rita
    A category 3 hurricane causing 1 death in LA. Residents of Cameron Parish, Calcasieu Parish, and parts of Jefferson Davis Parish, Acadia Parish, Iberia Parish, Beauregard Parish, and Vermillion Parish were told to evacuate ahead of the storm. Cameron Parish was hit the hardest with the towns of Creole, Cameron, Grand Chenier, Johnson Bayou, and Holly Beach being totally demolished. Records around the Hackberry area show that wind gusts reached over 180 mph at a boat tied up to a dock.

  • Hurricane Humberto

    Hurricane Humberto
    A category 1 hurricane. Gusts officially peaked at 43 mph in the state. Heavy rainfall occurred across the area, reaching a peak of 8.25 inches in DeRidder. A total of about 13,000 power customers lost electricity in southwestern Louisiana. Damage throughout Louisiana was estimated at $525,000.

  • Hurricane Gustav

    Hurricane Gustav
    A category 2 hurricane. 34 parishes were declared as disaster areas. 48 deaths in the state of Louisiana were blamed on Hurricane Gustav. Five were due to falling trees, two due to a tornado and the rest were indirect deaths. Around 1.5 million people were without power in Louisiana on September 1.

  • Hurricane Ike

    Hurricane Ike
    A category 1 hurricane. Some areas that had not yet recovered from Gustav power outages received additional outages of 200,000. Hundreds of people had to be rescued, including 363 people who were rescued by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Search and Rescue teams in conjunction with the Louisiana National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard. Citizens died from flooding, resuce accidents, disease, and working to get the electricity back on.

  • Hurricane Isaac

    Hurricane Isaac
    A category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 67 mph and gusts to 85 mph on Grand Isle. As of Aug. 29, over 600,000 customers were reported without power in Louisiana. At least 901,000 homes lost electricity during the passage of Isaac in Louisiana, which accounts for 47% of the state's energy users.Hurricane Isaac damaged nearly 59,000 homes across southeast Louisiana, which is four times more than previously estimated. A number of citizens died due to major flooding and fires.