Editing Montz, Louisiana (section)

==History==
[[File:ONE OF 36 FAMILIES OF MONTZ, WHOSE HOMES WERE APPROPRIATED BY THE U.S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEE... - NARA - 548287.jpg|left|thumb|150px|One of 36 families in Montz whose houses were appropriated by the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] in 1973 for construction of a new [[levee]].]]

The [[Bonnet Carré Crevasse]] occurred in and near the present-day location of Montz. It was one of several levee breaches in the Bonnet Carré area in the mid-to-late-1800s.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal |url=http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/levees/History%20New%20Orleans%20Flood%20Control-Rogers.pdf |title=Development of the New Orleans Flood Protection System prior to Hurricane Katrina |last=Rogers |first=J.D. |date=May 2008 |journal=Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering |volume=134 |issue=5 |pages=602–617 |doi=10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:5(602) |access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> Bonnet Carré was approximately 50 kilometers from [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://oldnews.aadl.org/node/288071 |title=The Bonnet Carre Crevasse |date=19 May 1871 |access-date=25 October 2015 |website=Old News. |publisher=Ann Arbor District Library}}</ref> The breach occurred when excess water from the [[Mississippi River]] flowed over the east bank levee of Bonnet Carré.

Montz is located between [[LaPlace, Louisiana]] and the [[Bonnet Carré Spillway]]. It was separated from the other municipalities and communities on the east bank of the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish by the construction of the spillway, which was completed in 1931.

On [[Tornado outbreak of December 12–15, 2022|December 14, 2022]], the town was hit by a destructive and deadly EF2 tornado that damaged or destroyed numerous structures, killed one person, and injured eight others.<ref name="1214LIX">{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in New Orleans, Louisiana|title=NWS Damage Survey for 12/14/22 Tornado Event Update # 3|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSLIX&e=202212162217|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=December 16, 2022|accessdate=December 16, 2022}}</ref>