Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$12.0M
Area
East Carroll
Event narrative (NOAA)
Flooding along the Mississippi River caused extensive flooding of low lying farmland around the river. All of the flood waters were within the mainline levee. The secondary levee at Bunches Bend failed causing extensive damage inside the levee. Twenty camps and 3 homes were either damaged or destroyed. Several roads sustained minor to major damage.
Other notable flood events in Louisiana
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.