Last Island Hurricane (2018)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Isle Derniere, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2018-08-03
Duration: 00:05:41
Subjects: Hurricanes | Natural Disasters | Keim, Barry D., 1963- | Last Island Hurricane, 1856
Contributors:
- Moreau, Andre Host
- Woods, Virnado Editor
- Keim, Barry Interviewee
Description
This segment from the August 3, 2018, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Andre Moreau’s look back at the Last Island Hurricane of 1856. He reports that the Category 4 hurricane hit Isle Derniere, a beach resort on a barrier island off the coast of Terrebonne Parish, and killed 320 people. He interviews Dr. Barry Keim, the Louisiana state climatologist, about the storm.