Flash Flood — Orleans, Louisiana
December 12, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Orleans
Event narrative (NOAA)
Heavy rain produced widespread and significant street flooding and caused the flooding of some homes in the Fountainbleau neighborhood. One person drowned in the Algiers area of New Orleans when he drove into a flooded canal. A passenger in the auto escaped injury but the driver was unable to exit the auto.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.