Aug 29, 2005
Storm surge damage in southeast Louisiana, especially in the New Orleans area and the coastal parishes, was catastrophic. Hurricane protection levees and floodwalls were overtopped and/or breached resulting in widespread and deep flooding of homes and businesses. Much of Orleans and Plaquemines Parishes and nearly all of St. Bernard Parish were flooded by storm surge. Approximately 80 percent of the city of New Orleans was flooded. Thousands of people were stranded by the flood waters in home
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5475647). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lower Lafourche County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.