Tag: Louisiana Flood of August 2016

UNDERWATER Podcast – 2016 Louisiana Flood – created by students at the University of Louisiana

https://sites.google.com/view/underwaterpodcast/ Between August 11 and August 15, 2016 more than 3 times the amount of rainfall from Hurricane Katrina fell in a massive rainstorm, mostly over Southern Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. Student and Faculty researchers have collaborated to…

FEMA Standards for Substantial Improvement / Substantial Damage Determinations

FEMA, 2010. Substantial Improvement / Substantial Damage Desk Reference, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC When buildings undergo repair or improvement, it is an opportunity for local floodplain management programs to reduce flood damage to existing structures. More than 21,000…

Thousands of Homes Keep Flooding, Yet They Keep Being Rebuilt Again

Katherine Bagley has written an excellent discussion of the repetitive loss problem in the National Flood Insurance Program, highlighting a Louisiana property that has flooded 40 times over the past four decades: Thousands of Homes Keep Flooding,  Yet They Keep…

Suburban sprawl and poor preparation worsened flood damage in Louisiana

Suburban sprawl and poor preparation worsened flood damage in Louisiana An excellent post by Professor Craig Colten on the events leading to the August 2016 flood: Reports of flooding in Louisiana may conjure up images of Hurricane Katrina, but these…

Why was the Louisiana Flood of August 2016 so severe?

See also: How Growth­-Focused Politics Helped Build Vulnerability in Louisiana’s Flood Zones Louisiana has a long history of major floods. These are driven by Mississippi River floods, extreme rainfall events, and hurricane surge. There was a heavy rain event in March 2016…

FEMA Proposes New Rules On Elevation for Rebuilding After Flooding

44 CFR Part 9 – Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations To Implement Executive Order 13690 and the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard; Proposed Rule Executive Summary The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is proposing to amend…

Louisiana Flood of 1983 – Suing the State for Causing Flooding

The mayor of Walker, a small town near Baton Rouge that flooded in the August 2016 flood, wants to sue the State of Louisiana for flooding caused by the recent expansion of federal highway I12. (While the Federal Department of…

FEMA Resources for Flood Resilient Construction

(original link) Flood Resistant Provisions of the 2015 International Codes® (May 2015) This document is a compilation of flood resistant provisions, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), of the 2015 I-Codes (IBC, IRC, IEBC, IMC, IPC, IFGC, IFC,…