Editing Morgan City, Louisiana (section)

===Morgan City===
[[File:Morgan City Louisiana Aerial 1973 Flood.gif|left|thumb|Flooding in May 1973]]
In 1876, the community's name was changed to Morgan City in tribute to [[Charles Morgan (businessman)|Charles Morgan]], a rail and steamship magnate who first dredged the [[Atchafalaya Basin|Atchafalaya Bay]] Ship Channel to accommodate ocean-going vessels.<ref>[http://www.oceanmarine.com/morgancity.htm www.oceanmarine.com "The Area of Morgan City, Louisiana History"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014071619/http://oceanmarine.com/morgancity.htm |date=2007-10-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Morgan City Historical Marker| author=Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism| url=http://www.stoppingpoints.com/louisiana/St.-Mary/Morgan+City/}}</ref>

On [[Hurricane Carla tornado outbreak|September 11, 1961]], an F2 tornado struck the city, causing heavy damage to the city and injuring 16&nbsp;people.

In middle April 1973, the city had 14 inch rainfall over 48 hours along with flooding in the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River systems, but the Army provided an engineering battalion to shore up emergency works to protect the city.<ref>Pincince, George S. “Engineer Battalion Saves Morgan City.” ''The Military Engineer'', vol. 67, no. 438, 1975, pp. 211–13. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/44558485 JSTOR website] Retrieved 3 May 2025.</ref>

On October 28, 1985, [[Hurricane Juan (1985)|Hurricane Juan]] (not to be confused with the 2003 storm of the same name) made landfall near Morgan City, flooding many parts of the city. The storm then looped offshore and came onshore again in [[Alabama]].

On August 26, 1992, [[Hurricane Andrew]] came ashore {{convert|20|mi}} to the southwest of Morgan City. Andrew was the second most destructive hurricane in U.S. history, crossing [[Florida]] and then regaining strength in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] before it struck Louisiana.

In 2019, Morgan City and the surrounding area were selected as a setting for the paranormal-themed reality TV show ''[[Ghosts of Morgan City]]'', broadcast on the [[Travel Channel]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Gremillion | first = Nick | date = May 21, 2019 | title = Paranormal TV Show 'Ghosts of Morgan City' to Premiere in June | url = https://www.wafb.com/2019/05/21/paranormal-tv-show-ghosts-morgan-city-premiere-june/ | work = WAFB}}</ref>
On July 13, 2019 [[Hurricane Barry (2019)|Hurricane Barry]] made landfall west of Morgan City as a Category 1 Hurricane on the [[Saffir Simpson Scale]].