Despite Widespread Flooding, Louisiana Was Spared The Brunt Of Barry’s Wrath

You can’t tell from looking at the streets still under water, but the Gulf Coast got lucky with this storm.

Barry, which made landfall as a hurricane Saturday, quickly turned into a tropical storm and has been inundating Louisiana ever since.

Even as a weaker tropical depression Monday, Barry is still dumping heavy rain on parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, prompting a wave of new flash flood watches.

But fears of devastating storm surges and catastrophic flooding didn’t materialize.