A line of severe thunderstorms ahead of a potential tropical storm caused widespread flooding and power outages across New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana Wednesday.
The line of storms dropped nearly six inches of rain on New Orleans' Warehouse District, causing drivers to be stranded in flooded streets and city leaders to issue emergency alerts to stay off the roads.
Ghassan Korban, the Executive Director of the Sewerage & Water Board, told Eyewitness News that the pump stations were operational and fully staffed, but no drainage system in the nation could handle this much rain.
According to Korban, more than 8 inches of rain fell in some parts of the city over the course of a few hours nearing the level of what he called “a 100-year storm.”
“It would outperform any drainage system, anywhere in the nation,” Korban said. “That’s exactly what you’re experiencing this morning.”
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