In the last 30 years, inland flooding has been responsible for more than half the deaths associated with tropical cyclones in the United States."
(Ed Rappaport, Deputy Director, NOAA National Hurricane Center)
Was the Lake Ponchartrain/New Orleans flooding considered inland flooding or storm surge flooding. It wasn't fresh water flooding, and it killed over a thousand people, If it is considered storm surge, I suspect it wipes out the inland flooding/half deaths statistic.