We have cnn correspondents all over the storm zone and at the cnn Severe Weather center natasha chen is in morgan city where we just showed you those homes and where officials are concerned about the overwhelming amount of rain now falling. Nat ash natasha, how are people handling the storm so far . Reporter ana, this is still a very serious wind and rain event and it has not let up in the last few hours and the vid why you just showed of the roof coming off of that mobile home, that is not too far from where we are, just a few block away. We understand those people, thankfully, were not at home when that happened and they were able to go inside and sort of inspect the damage there. What we are hearing from the mayor is that thankfully, there arent any reports of injuries and people needing rescuing in morgan city, as well which is great news and he did tell me within the past hour that as far as the power outables ges and a 6 00 local time theyll try to restore power depending on weat
Little bit so its now a Tropical Storm which happens often after landfall, but from the new orleans area all of the way north through the entire state of louisiana people are bracing for rivers to rise, levies to still over until the waterses r seed. The city of new orleans put it right in the crosshairs of the storm, but it was spared a direct hit. People living outside the city are now seeing water covering their roads and their bridges being closed for safety and theyre expecting to have more floodwaters coming and potentially staying high for several days. Heres one cautious bit of optimism from emergency officials. So far each though some levees have been overtopped not a single one in louisiana has been breached or broken. Remember, breached levees caused the historic and tragic flooding in new orleans after hurricane katrina. Lets get out to morgan city, louisiana, in Bayou Country west of new orleans. Cnns natasha chen has been weathering the storm for us. Natasha, you say powe
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH - The catastrophic flood of 2016 showed local drainage problems in the capital area. In response, the City-Parish has made a big investment in clearing out the parish waterways. Significant progress has been made up to today.
A roughly 1-mile stretch of Barnett Road west of Baker and Zachary will be closed permanently starting Monday to make way for the future Comite River Diversion Canal, a long-awaited