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Louisiana Flood of 2016: ONE YEAR LATER

August 2, 2017

YE 2016 The Biggest Stories Louisiana — ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2016 aerial file photo over Robert, La., Army National Guard vehicles drive on flooded U.S. Route 190 in Robert, La., after heavy rains inundated the region. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)

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The Capital Region was especially hard-hit by the Louisiana Flood of 2016, but life for many—though hardly all—is finally on the road to recovery. It’s been one year since that once-in-a-millennium storm swamped much of south Louisiana. The heavy rains and floods killed 13 people, displaced tens of thousands of others, destroyed some 60,000 houses

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