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1000 Year Flood in Southern Louisiana { 317 images } Created 17 Aug 2016

Coverage of the 1000-year flood that hit Louisiana in August 2016 for Reveal and DeSmogBlog and the Weather Channel: A year in the Aftermath https://features.weather.com/a-year-in-the-aftermath/
and Wading through the aftermath of Louisiana’s 1,000-year flood https://www.revealnews.org/article/wading-through-the-aftermath-of-louisianas-1000-year-flood/ Environmental Concerns — and Anger — Grow in Month After Thousand-Year Flood Strikes Louisiana https://www.desmogblog.com/2016/09/17/environmental-concerns-and-anger-grow-month-after-thousand-year-flood-strikes-louisiana
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https://www.desmogblog.com/2016/08/24/flood-ravaged-gulf-coast-residents-ask-president-obama-cancel-federal-offshore-drilling-lease-auction Louisiana's Drowning: Follow our Photographer's Journey Capturing Hope and Loss in Historic Flood goo.gl/pfyu4S
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  • Temporary landfill in Baton Rouge, Louisiana taking storm debris from the 1000-year flood that hit Southern Louisana in August.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, St Amant, Lousiana.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Moldy Matresses infront of a home in Monticello.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Sept 15, 2016, Baton Rouge Louisiana,  debris in front of a home flooded during the 1000-year flood.
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  • Contents in front of a trailer park in Denham Springs that was flooded in August during a 1000 year flood.
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  • Funeral home in Denham Springs with contents that were flooded in August.
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  • Storm debris in front of apartment complex in O'neal Place in Baton Rouge, on Sept. 18.
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  • Contents in front of a trailer park in Denham Springs that was flooded in August during a 1000 year flood.
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  • Moldy doll in Baton Rouge on Sept 18
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  • Storm debris in front of apartment complex in O'neal Place in Baton Rouge, on Sept. 18.
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  • Storm debris in front of apartment complex in O'neal Place in Baton Rouge, on Sept. 18.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs in Livingston Parrish Louisiana, following a record breaking rainfall leading to a 1000-year flood.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs in Livingston Parrish Louisiana, following a record breaking rainfall leading to a 1000-year flood.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs in Livingston Parrish Louisiana, following a record breaking rainfall leading to a 1000-year flood.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs in Livingston Parrish Louisiana, following a record breaking rainfall leading to a 1000-year flood.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs in Livingston Parrish Louisiana, following a record breaking rainfall leading to a 1000-year flood.
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  • Aug 15, Flooding Home Depot in Denham Springs, in Livingston Parrish Louisiana.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs Louisiana, following a record breaking rainfall leading to a 1000-year flood.
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  • Flooding  in Livingston Parrish Louisiana, following a record breaking rainfall leading to a 1000-year flood.
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  • Racetrac parking lot remains above water during the flooding in Livingston Parrish Louisiana.
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  • Water flooding a closed interstate in Livingston Parish in Lousiana
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  • Highway intercharge in Baton Rouge Louisiana.
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  • Water flooding   Interstate 10 (I-10), a major transcontinental Interstate Highway in the Southern United States during a 1000-year flood that hit Southern Louisiana in August, 2016.
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  • Water  flooding a closed interstate in Livingston Parish in Lousiana
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  • Water  flooding a closed interstate in Livingston Parish in Lousiana
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  • Victoria Ardoin inside the DeBate's home helping the family gather some things after the flood waters in Denham Springs Louisiana started to go down.
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  • Flooding near Baton Rouge, part of a 1000-year flood that hit Southern Louisiana in August 2016.
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  • Victoria Ardoin inside the DeBate's home helping the family gather some things after the flood waters in Denham Springs Louisiana started to go down.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs Louisiana where over two feet of rain fell in 48 hours caused historic flooding.
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  • Flooded police car in Denham Springs Louisiana where over two feet of rain fell in 48 hours caused historic flooding.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs Louisiana where over two feet of rain fell in 48 hours caused historic flooding.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs Louisiana where over two feet of rain fell in 48 hours caused historic flooding.
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  • Aug, 8, Victoria Ardoin,Forrest Bellue,  and Cameron DeBate  ( left to right) find a lost cow in Denham Springs Louisiana while walking around the block from the Debate's home.  The cow was rescued the following day.
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  • Victoria Ardoin finds a lost cow in Denham Springs Louisiana after a record flood.
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  • Lost cow in Denham Springs Louisiana after a record flood.
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  • Forrest Bellue,,Victoria Ardoin and Cameron DeBate walk through a flooded neighborhood in Denham Springs Louisiana after a record flood.
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  • Victoria Ardoin inside the DeBate's home helping the family gather some things after the flood waters in Denham Springs Louisiana started to go down.
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  • Victoria Ardoin inside the DeBate's home helping the family gather some things after the flood waters in Denham Springs Louisiana started to go down. The DeBate's didn't find much that they could rescue.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs Louisiana where over two feet of rain fell in 48 hours caused historic flooding.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs Louisiana where over two feet of rain fell in 48 hours caused historic flooding.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs Louisiana where over two feet of rain fell in 48 hours caused historic flooding.
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  • Flooding in Denham Springs Louisiana where over two feet of rain fell in 48 hours caused historic flooding.
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  • Flooded home in Lutcher, Louisiana.
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  • Floodwater in Prarieville, Louisiana
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  • Paulina Louisiana in St. James Parish Aug 20th, flooded by backflow days after the rainstorm,  where many were able to keep the flood water out of their homes with sandbags and pumps  going around the clock.
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  • Baker Louisiana, a mobile home park damaged by the 1000 year flood.
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  • FLooded home in Sorrento, Louisiana.
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  • Baker Louisiana, a mobile home park damaged by the 1000 year flood.
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  • Contents removed from a flooded home in Walker, Louisiana following a 100 year flood that impacted numerous parishes in Southern Louisiana. The mayor of Walker, Louisiana, Rick Ramsey is suing the state and federal government for flooding in the city. Ramsey blames the construction of Interstate 12 for the magnitude of the flooding. The mayor warned officials about the chance of flooding because of the road’s construction when a six foot high barrier was build between east and west bound lanes which he says acted as a damn directing the water into his city, that would have otherwise drained in the other direction, sparing his city of the worst of the flooding.
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  • Contents removed from a flooded home in Denham Springs, Louisana after the thousand  year flood hit Southern Louisiana.
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  • Worker dumping soda ash in contaminated floodwater next to the Honeywell chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana following the 1000-year flood.
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  • Floodwaters remain on Ridge Road in Ascension Parish on August 26, following the 1000 year flood.
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  • Floodwater next to the Honeywell chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana following the 1000-year flood.
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  • Floodwaters remain on Ridge Road in Ascension Parish on August 26, following the 1000 year flood.
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  • Floodwaters remain in Spanish Lake in Ascension Parish on August 27, following the 1000 year flood.
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  • Floodwaters remain in Spanish Lake in Ascension Parish on August 27, following the 1000 year flood.
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  • Floodwaters remain in Spanish Lake in Ascension Parish on August 27, following the 1000 year flood.
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  • Aug. 27, Contents removed from a flooded home in Denham Springs Louisiana following a 1000 year flood that impacted numerous parishes in Southern Louisiana.
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  • Contents removed from flooded homes in Denahm Springs Louisiana following a 1000 year flood that impacted numerous parishes in Southern Louisiana.
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  • Contents removed from a flooded home in Denahm Springs Louisiana following a 1000 year flood that impacted numerous parishes in Southern Louisiana.
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  • Contents removed from flooded homes in Denahm Springs Louisiana following a 1000 year flood that impacted numerous parishes in Southern Louisiana.
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  • Contents removed from flooded homes in Denahm Springs Louisiana following a 1000 year flood that impacted numerous parishes in Southern Louisiana.
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  • Contents removed from flooded homes in Denahm Springs Louisiana following a 1000 year flood that impacted numerous parishes in Southern Louisiana.
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  • Mr. bill book on a pile of garbage out side of a Salvation Army store in Denham Springs, Louisiana on Sept 1.
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  • Denham Springs, Louisiana on Sept 1, 2016. Contents from homes and businesses line the street in the floods aftermath.
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  • Denham Springs, Louisiana on Sept 1, 2016. Contents from homes and buisinesses line the street in the floods aftermath. This Salvation Army Store on Florida Blvd. reamins closed two weeks after the storm.
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  • Denham Springs, Louisiana on Sept 1, 2016. Contents from homes and buisinesses line the street in the floods aftermath.
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  • Denham Springs, Louisiana on Sept 1, 2016. Contents from homes and businesses line the street in the floods aftermath.
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  • Denham Springs, Louisiana on Sept 1, 2016. Contents from homes and businesses line the street in the floods aftermath.
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Denham Springs, Louisiana on Sept 1, 2016. Contents from homes and businesses line the street in the floods aftermath.<br />
 Lisa Herbert, the owner of this house wants to be able to rebuild but said if she is required to lift her house to get a permit to rebuild it she wont have enough money to do it. The Santa out front has danced for her family for the last 13 years. 'This is his last dance", she said. Her son put the Hillary Clinton mask in Santa's hands. Everyday someone does something differnt with the Santa. Keeping their humor intact, Herbert said is key.
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Denham Springs, Louisiana on Sept 1, 2016. Contents from homes and businesses line the street in the floods aftermath.<br />
 Lisa Herbert, the owner of this house wants to be able to rebuild but said if she is required to lift her house to get a permit to rebuild it she wont have enough money to do it. The Santa out front has danced for her family for the last 13 years. 'This is his last dance", she said. Her son put the Hillary Clinton mask in Santa's hands. Everyday someone does something differnt with the Santa. Keeping their humor intact, Herbert said is key.
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  • Sept 2, 2016 ,Worker dumping soda ash in contaminated floodwater next to the Honeywell chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana
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  • Sandbags along a road  in Spanish Lakes, Louisiana.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016 Frank Bonifay inside his flooded home about 20 miles south of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016 Frank Bonifay inside his flooded home about 20 miles south of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016  My feet in Frank Bonifay's canoe as Bonifay paddles us to  one of his properties in Iberville Parish that is in the Spanish Lakes Region, following the 1000 year flood. The area was flooded by back flow, leading to a situation where there area now has standing water trapped in it. The local government made cuts in a road to give the water a way to escape from the area. It will take up to thrity days before the water is ecpected to go down completely.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016, The Ridge Road Community in Asumption Parish,following the 1000 year flood. The area was flooded by backflow waters. The standing water trapped took almost   30 days to drain. The local government made cuts in a road to give the water a way to escape from the area to help the water drain.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016, The Ridge Road Community in Asumption Parish,following the 1000 year flood. The area was flooded by backflow waters. The standing water trapped took almost   30 days to drain. The local government made cuts in a road to give the water a way to escape from the area to help the water drain.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016, The Ridge Road Community in Asumption Parish,following the 1000 year flood. The area was flooded by backflow waters. The standing water trapped took almost   30 days to drain. The local government made cuts in a road to give the water a way to escape from the area to help the water drain.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016, Walker, Louisiana, Contents of a flooded home on the curb following a 1000-year club.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016, Walker, Louisiana, Terry Dougan (on crane), a disaster cleanup worker from Arkansas, is one in an army of workers from around the country who came to the Baton Rouge area to help with the massive relief effort.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016, Walker, Louisiana, Terry Dougan (on crane), a disaster cleanup worker from Arkansas, is one in an army of workers from around the country who came to the Baton Rouge area to help with the massive relief effort.
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  • Sept. 2, 2016, Walker, Louisiana, Terry Dougan (on crane), a disaster cleanup worker from Arkansas, is one in an army of workers from around the country who came to the Baton Rouge area to help with the massive relief effort.
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  • Contents removed from a flooded home in Walker, Louisana on Sept. 2, 2106 a couple of weeks after the thousand  year flood hit Southern Louisiana.
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  • Truck delivering storm debris to a landfill in Baton Rouge.
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  • Carletta Cannon, victem of the 1000-year flood that hit Louisiana, surveys the extensive damage to her home and belongings on Sept. 3, 2016 in the Townhomes of Sherwood Forest complex in Baton Rouge. Cannon has been displaced by the flood and said all of her clothes were destroyed.
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