Headline
Publication Date August 8, 2017 | Climate Central

Disaster and Neglect in Louisiana

United States
A small boat transports flood victims down Old Hammond Highway in east Baton Rouge on Aug. 14, 2016. Photo: Travis Spradling, The Advocate
A small boat transports flood victims down Old Hammond Highway in east Baton Rouge on Aug. 14, 2016. Photo: Travis Spradling, The Advocate

A year after the worst rainstorm in a rainy state’s history killed 13 and damaged nearly 100,000 homes, the federal government has provided less than half of what Louisiana says it needs to recover. Climate Central reports on the aftermath and science of the storm.

 

Related Content

Headline
Jan 10, 2017 | NOAA Climate.gov
2016: A historic year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in U.S.
Science Source
| Geophysical Research Letters
Recent trends in U.S. flood risk
Slater, Louise J., Villarini et al
Real Time Data
Oct 13, 2016 | NOAA
US Precipitation Frequency Data Server
Science Source
| Journal of Climate
Global Water Vapor Trend from 1988 to 2011 and Its Diurnal Asymmetry Based on GPS, Radiosonde, and Microwave Satellite Measurements
Wang, Dai, and Mears
Resource Hub