The rain-swollen Mississippi River was already flooding walkways and steps near a New Orleans levee when Barry became the second named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season on July 11. (Credit: Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Click to Enlarge.
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