Major property damage, significant business interruption, and 13 deaths resulted from the extensive flooding in southern Louisiana in early August.

Some regions received as much as 15-30 inches of rain over a two-day period, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. 

In White Bayou (East Baton Rouge Parish) 26.14" of rainfall was recorded. Parts of the region received two to four times the average total monthly rainfall for August in just three days. 

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