On May 8, 1995, severe floods from excessive rainfall caused extensive damage in southeast Louisiana and south Mississippi. The floods shut down the city of New Orleans after the area received 10-20in+ of rain.The May 1995 floods were more extensive and damaging than the Easter Floods of 1979 and the Floods of 1989. At $360 million in damages for New Orleans (over 1 billion total), the May 1995 flooding was more costly than these two events combined.Some 56,000 homes were damaged in 12 Parishes in Louisiana. Thousands of cars were flooded. 14,600 homes and apartments were flooded in Jefferson Parish alone.There has been no comparable recorded flood in New Orleans caused by rain alone.Here some rainfall totals from the event below