Further rain hits an already drenched Louisiana.
Only 48 hours after storms drenched Louisiana with record rainfall, the same area of low pressure created a line of thunderstorms across the region. Beginning late Tuesday, more than 25cm (10 inches) of rain deluged the city of Shreveport in the north of the state with a record 11cm (4.43 inches) falling in just an hour, beating the previous total of 8 cm (3.16 inches).
The storms were part of a low pressure system which has been moving eastwards across southern states over the past few days. Winds of around 45mph (72 kph) lashed the state, damaging buildings and uprooting trees. Over the weekend, forecasters expect the bulk of the storm to move offshore into Atlantic, with only the tail end resting over Florida, likely to bring some heavy rain.
Despite causing widespread flooding, the storm did not even compare to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 1995. It was the sixth strongest hurricane ever recorded, killing over 1800 people, causing destruction across the entire Mississippi coast.
