A hurricane warning is in effect for Intracoastal City to Grand Isle as Tropical Storm Barry continues to move slowly, west-northwest at five miles per hour. At 7 AM, the center of Barry was located 95-miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Governor John Bel Edwards says Barry has the potential to threaten areas that were hit with historical flooding three years ago by dumping nearly two feet of rainwater this weekend and swelling waterways…
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The threat of a major rainfall event similar to the 2016 floods has many grabbing sandbags for their homes and businesses. Jacob from Baton Rouge says he’s seen many neighbors helping neighbors.
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Barry is projected to make landfall near Morgan City as a strong tropical storm or Category one hurricane tomorrow morning, but Mayor Boo Grizzaffi believes they’ll be fine. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The U-S Army Corps of Engineers is not expecting the overtopping of levees in the New Orleans area. Storm surge is expected to add another three feet to the historically high Mississippi River, pushing it to 19 feet above sea level at the Carrollton Gauge in New Orleans. But that is a foot lower than an earlier forecast.