Evacuations Lifted In Louisiana Dam Failure
The Weather Channel 3 hrs ago Jan Wesner Childs
Hundreds of people ordered to evacuate from a rural community in southern Louisiana after a flood barrier known as an AquaDam failed and water began pouring over a roadway have been allowed to return home.
https://www.facebook.com/IbervilleParishCouncil/posts/1565033670523431 The mandatory evacuation order that was in place for the Bayou Sorrel and Bayou Pigeon area has been lifted, the Iberville Parish Council announced in a Facebook post at about 6 p.m. CDT Friday. Stay STRONG Iberville!
The evacuations were ordered at about 10 a.m. CDT Friday for several hundred homes in the area, about 34 miles southwest of Baton Rouge in Iberville Parish.
Evacuations Ordered for Hundreds After Temporary Dam Fails in Southern Louisiana
The Weather Channel 8 hrs ago Jan Wesner Childs
Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate from a rural community in southern Louisiana after a flood barrier known as an AquaDam failed and water began pouring over a roadway.
Evacuations were ordered at about 10 a.m. CDT Friday for 300 to 350 homes in an area known as Bayou Pigeon, about 34 miles southwest of Baton Rouge in Iberville Parish.
“Water is coming and if we don’t stop it very quickly it will flood a lot of houses that historically don’t flood, Sheriff Brett Stassi told weather.com in a phone call Friday afternoon.