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Storm Surge/Tide — Lower Terrebonne, Louisiana

September 11, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$100.0M
Area
Lower Terrebonne

Event narrative (NOAA)

Storm surge flooding of 5 to 8 ft above normal caused widespread flooding in lower Terrebonne Parish. Several local drainage levees were overtopped or breached and parish officials reported 2500 structures out of the 15000 stuctures in the area flooded. The high water took several weeks to drain from the region.

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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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