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Flash Flood — Livingston, Louisiana

August 12, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$576.0M
Area
Livingston

Event narrative (NOAA)

Twenty to thirty inches of rainfall over a 2 day period led to widespread flash flooding in Livingston Parish. As water drained into the local rivers, record levels were recorded. Additional details of the river flooding can be found in the flood report for the parish. As floodwaters rose, hundreds of high water rescues were necessary across the parish. More than 20,000 homes and businesses suffered various degrees of flooding, though it's difficult to determine how many were due to initial flash flooding and how many were due to subsequent river flooding.

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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.

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