The city was swamped Saturday as storms dumped up to 8 inches in some areas.
Powerful rain storms sat over much of New Orleans and parts of Jefferson Parish Saturday (Aug. 5) , swamping the region with up to 8 inches of rain in some spots. The flooding pushed into structures and left numerous vehicles stalled and flooded along the roadways from Mid-City to Treme to Lakeview.
As the cleanup begins, here’s some of what we know on Sunday (Aug. 6) .
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Another reader, who used the name “downtown jmb” and gave a location as Mid-City, posted: “10: 39pm and water is 2 inches lower than it was at 6p.m.”
Sewerage and Water Board officials have said the city pumps were running throughout the rain Saturday and would continue to run. They said the system was designed to handle one inch of rain during the first hour and half-an-inch every hour after, but was overwhelmed by the large amounts that fell during a few hours Saturday.
The city said nearly 8 inches fell in Mid-City, with other areas getting about five inches. That water also flows to the lower parts of the city. Some of those areas are in a flash flood warning the National Weather Service extended until 2 a.m. for the triangle formed by the loop of Interstates 10 and 610.”
“We’re in an era of climate change, ” Grant said, adding that rain events like the one Saturday will happen more and more.
