WeatherWhys for August 8,2014 from accuweather.com

While all of the current tropical activity is across the Pacific Ocean, there have been numerous infamous Atlantic hurricanes to cross the Atlantic and slam into the United States. The most recent was Isaac from 2012, which strengthened into a hurricane just hours before making landfall in southeastern Louisiana. Isaac caused extensive storm surge and inland flooding over southern Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana. The death toll from Isaac was 34.