The National Flood Insurance Program has received nearly 30,000 claims from Louisiana policyholders affected by the historic August flood. That puts the event on track to become the fourth-most significant flood in NFIP history, coming in behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and Hurricane Ike in 2008. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon
Flood claims to NFIP suggest Louisiana’s August flooding will be fourth-most costly disaster in program’s history
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