Wettest Month: Baton and Year Flood

wettest month: The floodwaters are receding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the scale of the damage is revealing itself, according to Rabble. It has been described as a 1,000-year flood, leaving at least 13 people dead and close to 60,000 homes ruined. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. According to Weather Underground meteorologists Jeff Masters and Bob Henson, August has been the wettest month in Baton Rouge in 174 years, when records were first kept. While Obama was criticized by his political opponents for not visiting Baton Rouge earlier, it what happened one day later, in nearby New Orleans, that should have everyone concerned. They added, "Since June 1, Baton Rouge has picked up an amazing 40.95 inches -- more rain in three months than downtown Los Angeles has recorded over the last five years !" President Barack Obama travelled there Tuesday. "I think anybody who can see just the streets, much less the inside of the homes here, people lives have been upended by this flood," he said after walking through part of the devastated city. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.