| Water overtopped the levee of the industrial canal and poured into the lower Ninth Ward, reflooding it for the second time in three weeks. |
| The City of Jonquière dam along Rivière aux Sables was overtopped during the flood. |
| The model kept urban areas dry until the levees overtopped at the level of the 1997 flood. |
| For some fish species, such as northern pike, the flooded areas of overtopped banks provide ideal spawning grounds. |
| At Andover the River Anton has overtopped its banks and there are scores of roads across the south blocked by flooding. |
| Only if the levees were overtopped a few days later than actually occurred would the model show a higher stage increase downstream. |
