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Storm Surge/Tide — Upper Lafourche, Louisiana

August 29, 2021 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$500.0M
Area
Upper Lafourche

Event narrative (NOAA)

Storm surge caused significant damage across areas south of the Larose to Golden Meadow levees, and waves overtopping portions of the 12ft flood walls near the Leon Theriot Lock. Storm surge breached a parish levee at Bayou Boeuf just south of Lac des Allemands, flooding the town of Kraemer with several feet of water entering some homes as well as the Bayou Bouef Elementary School.

Other notable storm surge/tide events in Louisiana

Lower Plaquemines · August 28, 20122 killedUpper Jefferson · August 29, 20211 killedSt. Tammany · August 28, 20121 killedOrleans · August 29, 2005$17.9BSt. Tammany · August 29, 2005$3.0BLower Plaquemines · August 29, 2005$3.0B

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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