Flooding in Southeast LA
Date:
09/2015
Disturbance Type:
Flooding
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ForWarn has potentially detected a multiple factored defoliation event in wetlands of southeast Louisiana. Identified in September 2015, rerouted water from Mississippi river caused flooding and created stress defoliation from trees as well as inundated the understory. The flood also may have caused defoliating insects to infest the area, decreasing vegetation greenness in the overstory.