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===Hurricanes=== On August 17, 1969, [[Hurricane Camille]] made landfall at the tip of [[Louisiana]] before continuing to Bay St. Louis. On August 29, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. CDT, [[Hurricane Katrina]] made its final landfall just west of Bay St. Louis, at the mouth of the [[Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana)|Pearl River]], causing a {{convert|28|ft|m|adj=on}} [[storm surge]]. Hurricane Katrina came ashore during the high tide of 9:15AM, +2.3 feet more,<ref>"2005 NOAA Tide Predictions: St. Louis Bay entrance" (2005), tide on 29-Aug-2005, ''NOAA'', web: [http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/get_predictions.shtml?year=2005&stn=0551+South+Pass&secstn=St.+Louis+Bay+entrance&thh=%2b3&thm=17&tlh=%2b2&tlm=57&hh=*1.36&hl=*1.36 NOAA-tide-tables].</ref> causing a storm tide more than {{convert|30|ft|m}} high. USGS topographic maps show a common {{convert|25|ft|adj=on}} elevation contour line running throughout a ridge along the former routing of Highway 90 ([[Old Spanish Trail (auto trail)|Old Spanish Trail]]) on the western edge of the city. As higher ground, this area was spared inundation from the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} Katrina damaged more than 40 [[Mississippi]] libraries, including severe roof and water damage to the Bay St. Louis Public Library. The library reopened to the public on October 12, 2005.<ref>"Hurricane Katrina Related Damages to Public Libraries in Mississippi" (September 2005), Mississippi Library Commission, [http://www.ala.org/ala/cro/katrina/MSPL_Katrina_Damage.pdf (ALA-Katrina)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031143618/http://www.ala.org/ala/cro/katrina/MSPL_Katrina_Damage.pdf |date=2007-10-31 }}.</ref> The Bay St. Louis Bridge on [[US Highway 90]] was severely damaged, with many bridge sections down-dropped at the west edges. The destroyed bridge was replaced by a new Bay St. Louis Bridge, which received America's Transportation Award. It includes a pedestrian bridge with an art walk featuring the works of local artists. The underground utility infrastructure in Bay St. Louis received a [[U.S. Government|federally]] funded total overhaul and replacement.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}
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