The Last Island hurricane destroys Last Island, Louisiana, leaving over two hundred dead on August 10, 1856.
A barrier island and a pleasure resort southwest of New Orleans, Last Island is broken up into several smaller islands by the storm.
After the hurricane destroys the island, it will become known in the plural Isles Dernières (Last Islands) in French.
The highest points are under five feet (one and a half meters) of water.
