Still recovering after two hurricanes, Lake Charles dealing with impacts of severe flooding Still recovering after two hurricanes, Lake Charles dealing with impacts of severe flooding and last updated 2021-05-19 23:26:02-04 New insight about how devastating this week's wet weather has been for those in Lake Charles. In less than a year the city has dealt with two hurricanes, freezing weather and now severe flooding. According to the National Weather Service, this week's flooding was the third heaviest with close to 15 inches of rain over a 6 hour period. Like many families in Lake Charles, the Ardoins just moved back to the city following both hurricanes. Now they find themselves starting over. This time from flooding.