Tesla Cybertruck drives through flooded New Orleans street Flooding rains cut off much of the city of New Orleans Wednesday with flooded streets and underpasses that made driving nearly impossible. The rain totals, which, Homeland Security Director Collin Arnold said were between 5 to 8 inches, left “no area immune” to high water. Southeast Louisiana saw an unusually high level threat of severe weather and tornadoes, with a level 3 out of 5. The northshore of the city saw an extremely rare 4 out of 5 threat level. There were reported tornadoes in Pearl River and Slidell