6-22-17
TROPICAL STORM CINDY CAME ASHORE THIS MORNING AT AROUND TWO A-M BETWEEN CAMERON AND PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE STORM PUTS IT NEAR TOLEDO BEND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WITH 35 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. THE STORM BROUGHT SOME FLOODING TO CAMERON PARISH AND ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HIGH TIDE, WHICH IS JUST AFTER NOON.
THE IMPACT OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY HAS BEEN MUCH LESS THAN WAS ANTICIPATED. MOST TROPICAL STORMS ARE CALM AT HIGH ALTITUDES AND WINDY NEAR THE SURFACE, BUT THIS STORM WAS THE OPPOSITE, ACCORDING TO ALEK KRAUTMANN OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE WINDS AT THE HIGH ALTITUDES WERE PULLING IN DRY AIR THAT CREATED A BUFFER BETWEEN THE CENTER OF THE STORM AND THE OUTLYING BANDS. AS A RESULT, MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS CAUSED BY THE STORM WERE IN MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE, FAR FROM THE EYE OF THE STORM.
A DISASTER DISTRESS HELPLINE HAS BEEN SET UP FOR ACADIANA DUE TO TROPICAL STORM CINDY. HERE’S JULIE DARCE.
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MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY AND SOWELA TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE CLOSED TODAY. SCHOOL FACILITIES AND OFFICES IN CALCASIEU, CAMERON, JEFF DAVIS, AND ALLEN PARISHES ARE CLOSED TODAY AS WELL. THE LAKE CHARLES CHARTER ACADEMY AND GLAD TIDINGS PRESCHOOL ARE ALSO CLOSED TODAY. FIRST UNITED METHODIST IN DERIDDER HAS CANCELED VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL FOR TODAY.
STATE OFFICES IN FIVE PARISHES WILL BE CLOSED TODAY DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER. THOSE ARE IN JEFF DAVIS, IBERIA, VERMILLION, CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES. THE STATE COMMISSIONER’S ANNOUNCEMENT COULD BE UPDATED DUE TO CHANGES IN THE WEATHER. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION’S WEBSITE AT D-O-A-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS MAKING PROGRESS ON SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. A SLAB IS NOW IN PLACE FOR A NEW LIBRARY AT L LEO JUDICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. DEMOLITION HAS BEGUN ON THE LIBRARY AND CAFETERIA AT MILTON ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CREWS WILL BEGIN POURING NEW SLABS, WORKING ON A GYM AIR CONDITIONER AND INSTALLING ELECTRICAL FEEDS, ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT’S FACILITIES AND PLANNING DIRECTOR. KYLE BORDELON ALSO SAYS THAT THE FIRST PHASE OF SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY JULY 31ST, WHICH INCLUDES CLASSROOMS, THE DINING AREA, LIBRARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS.
THERE WAS A MAJOR HOUSE FIRE IN CHURCH POINT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. THE HOUSE WAS LOCATED IN THE 400 BLOCK OF ROOSEVELT STREET. THE HOME RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, ACCORDING TO KATC TV. THERE IS NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.
