A resident rides in a boat while assessing flood water damage after a levee breach in Myrtle Grove, La., U.S., on Sun., July 14, 2019. Barry risked causing life-threatening floods after making landfall in Louisiana, as the tropical storm hit the state with as much as two feet of rain. (Photographer: Nicole Craine/Bloomberg)
Hurricane Barry made landfall as a Category 1 storm Saturday, bringing heavy rain, wind and flooding to Louisiana, narrowly avoiding high-risk areas in and around New Orleans that were forecasted to be threatened by heavy storm surge.
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