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FLOODING IN CROWLEY HAS LED OFFICIALS TO CLOSE I-TEN. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED AT HIGHWAY 165 IN CALCASIEU PARISH TO HIGHWAY 190. WESTBOUND TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED ON TO I-49. THE INTERSTATE WAS CLOSED BEGINNING LAST NIGHT.
METEOROLOGIST TIM DESTRI OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES CALLED THE STORM THAT PASSED THROUGH ACADIANA ONE OF THE TOP PRODUCING STORM SYSTEMS IN HISTORY. HE SAYS THE LAFAYETTE AREA SAW MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF RAIN, AND SOME PARTS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 25 INCHES. YOUNGSVILLE WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. RESIDENT KASEY LANDRY TOLD THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT THEY HAD ALMOST EIGHT FEET OF WATER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOT AROUND WITH BOATS. SOME HOMEOWNERS IN THE BENDEL GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD TOLD THE ADVOCATE THAT WATER HAS COME UP AS MUCH AS 16 FEET THERE.
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE STILL TALLYING THE LOSSES FROM THIS WEEKEND’S FLOODING, BUT MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE AFFECTED IN LAFAYETTE. NOW THE THREAT COMES FROM RISING FLOODWATERS. ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE OFFICIALS ARE WARNING OF BACKWATERS RISING ON THE VERMILLION RIVER AND BAYOU FUSILIER IN THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE PARISH. RESIDENTS OF LAKE ARTHUR IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH ARE BEING ASKED TO LEAVE BY FOUR P-M THIS AFTERNOON AS PART OF A MANDATORY EVACUATION BECAUSE OF MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED THERE.
PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR SEVERAL PARISHES IN LOUISIANA THAT WERE AFFECTED BY HISTORIC FLOODING. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A WORLD RENOWNED RECORDING STUDIO IN MAURICE WAS FLOODED. DOCKSIDE STUDIOS WAS BUILT ON THE VERMILLION RIVER. ELEVEN GRAMMY-WINNING ALBUMS WERE RECORDED THERE. CO-OWNER CEZANNE WISH NAILS SAYS THEY ARE STILL ASSESSING THE DAMAGE FROM FLOOD WATERS BUT THEY SAVED SOME AUDIO EQUIPMENT BY STACKING IT AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE.
A VIRGINIA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER CAUSING A FATAL ACCIDENT ON I-TEN AT BUTTE LAROSE SUNDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE MASTER TROOPER BROOKS DAVID SAYS 43-YEAR-OLD SCOTT SWANK OF WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND WHEN HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK THE REAR OF A VAN, CAUSING IT TO STRIKE A GUARD RAIL AND COME TO A STOP. 93-YEAR-OLD LOUISE BRUNDER OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI, WHO WAS RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE VAN, SUFFERED INJURIES AND LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. DAVID SAYS TROOPERS SUSPECT SWANK WAS IMPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED SHORTLY BEFORE TEN YESTERDAY MORNING.
A Louisiana jury has found a man guilty of murder in the 1962 death of his first wife, who he had claimed accidentally drowned. KPLC-TV reports jurors deliberated less than an hour Friday before returning their verdict in the case of 76-year-old Felix Vail. Conviction carries a mandatory life sentence. Vail’s sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26.
