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The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall along the Texas coast as a hurricane, bringing the threat of up to 20 inches of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast. The hurricane center says the storm touched down on the eastern part of the Matagorda Peninsula, about 10 miles west southwest of Sargent Beach, Texas, with maximum winds of 75 mph. The biggest unknown about Nicholas was how much rainfall it would produce in Texas, especially around flood-prone Houston. Storm-battered Louisiana was also expected to see heavy rain and flooding from Nicholas.
THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PROMPTED SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ACADIANA TO CANCEL CLASSES TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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SCHOOLS ARE ALSO CLOSED IN CALCASIEU, CAMERON AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES.
THE CITY OF CROWLEY IS OFFERING SANDBAGS TODAY FROM SEVEN TO THREE THIRTY AT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ON JACK MITCHELL ROAD. SAINT LANDRY PARISH HAS A SANDBAG LOCATION AT THE YAMBILEE BUILDING IN OPELOUSAS. MULTIPLE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN LAFAYETTE, CALCASIEU, JEFF DAVIS AND IBERIA PARISHES. GO TO THE KLFY-DOT-COM WEBSITE FOR THE SPECIFICS.
MANY RESIDENTS OF CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES ARE FEELING NERVOUS TODAY WITH THE APPROACH OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS, ESPECIALLY AFTER GOING THROUGH HURRICANES LAURA AND DELTA LAST YEAR. LAKE CHARLES MAYOR NIC HUNTER SAYS THEIR METHODS OF PREPERATION WERE ANTIQUATED IN THE PAST, BUT, AS TIME GOES ON, HE AND THIS TEAM ARE TAKING ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS. HE TELLS KATC TV THAT, WITH RECOVERY STILL TAKING PLACE FROM LAST YEAR, THE CITY IS ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. HUNTER SAYS A FEW INCHES OF RAIN OR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE HURRICANE LAURA.
THERE WILL BE NO COVID-NINETEEN TESTING AT PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN THE REGION FOUR AREA’S SEVEN ACADIANA PARISHES. THE CANCELLATIONS ARE BECAUSE OF THE APPROACH OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS. FOR THE MOMENT, OFFICIALS ARE SAYING TESTING WILL RESUME ON WEDNESDAY.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE WILL BE CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE VERMILLION RIVER TO SEE HOW IT BEHAVES DURING BAD WEATHER SUCH AS HURRICANES. THE FOCUS IS ON HOW IT AFFECTS PEOPLE. DOCTOR EMAB HABIB TELLS KATC TV THAT THE INFORMATION GATHERED WILL INFORM DECISION MAKERS WHO HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW TO OPERATE SECTORS OR GATES THAT HELP CONTROL THE RIVER. DOCTOR HABIB SAYS THAT MODERATE FLOODING AROUND THE RIVER IS LIKELY WITH THE APPROACH OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WITH SOME HEAVIER FLOODING IN SOME COMMUNITIES.
The Louisiana Health Department says two deaths in the Baton Rouge area have now been attributed to Hurricane Ida. That raises the state’s death toll from the storm to 28. The Health Department said Monday that the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office reported the deaths of a 69-year-old man and an 85-year-old woman, both from excessive heat during an extended power outage. The coroner’s office said in response to an email query that the 69-year-old man died on Sept. 6.
JUDGE JOHN D. SAUNDERS OF VILLE PLATTE, A JUDGE ON THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY-EIGHT. SAUNDERS WAS A FORMER LOUISIANA STATE SENATOR. HE DIED WHILE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE AT SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHATHOLIC CHURCH IN VILLE PLATTE.
