With severe weather possible this afternoon and into tonight across the New Orleans area, the head of the Sewerage & Water Board (SWBNO) is concerned about the "fragile state" of the city's drainage system.
Many city streets remain flooded after a morning thunderstorm dumped several inches of rain in New Orleans. https://www.facebook.com/BigEasyMagazine/videos/2453500368214575/ https://www.facebook.com/heatherhutton624/videos/2585808841429801/ https://www.facebook.com/1382027462116880/posts/2337499776569639/ https://twitter.com/jonwalczak/status/1148945831820763136?s=20
As storms moved through the Baton Rouge area on Thursday, flash flood waters left neighborhood streets looking like rivers, with drivers stranded.
Photos posted by the BRPD show the Mississippi River near River Rd. north and south of the LSU campus nearing the top of the levee.
On Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced that the portion of Highway 1 adjacent to and crossing the floodway will be closed to traffic beginning at 10 a.m. on June 2, 2019. It will reopen no later than 5 p.m. The USACE will begin the process of gradually opening the Morganza Floodway […]
On Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to announce whether opening the Morganza Spillway will be necessary.
NOAA estimates that more than 200 million people across the country will be at risk for some flooding this spring.
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