Hurricane Sally is meandering over the north-central Gulf of Mexico as the center of the storm is 125 miles east southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It’s expected to resume a slow west-northwest motion towards New Orleans and tomorrow make a right-hand turn towards the Mississippi coast. Much of southeast Louisiana is under a flash flood watch. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says all 99 of their drainage pumps are working and can handle up to one inch of rain per hour…
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John Rahaim, director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Bernard Parish, says they are not anticipating any flooding inside their levee system unless they get two to three inches of rain in an hour…
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Hurricane Sally strengthed into a Category One storm this morning and currently has maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour. National Weather Service forecaster Christopher Bannon says they expect Sally to grow into a Category Two hurricane and that’s not good news for coastal southeastern Louisiana parishes…
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There’s some good economic development news to report. California-based manufacturer Westfield Fluid Controls plans to build a five-million-dollar facility in Lafayette. Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the facility will be located in the Northpark Technology Center and employ 70 workers…
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Westfield has an existing operation in San Fernando, California, but they are moving it to Lafayette.