The May 1995 Louisiana flood, also known as the May 8–10, 1995, New Orleans area flood event, struck the New Orleans metropolitan area, shutting down the city for two days. The entire 40-hour event from the evening of Monday, May 8, through the morning of Wednesday, May 10, consisted of two distinct heavy rainfalls. By Wednesday morning, storm total rainfall amounts of 10 to 20 inches (25 to 51 cm) were common across portions of southeast Louisiana and south Mississippi. Six persons were killed. The event was later estimated to have caused more than $3.1 billion in damage.