Here’s the most recent update from the National Weather Service has Maximum sustained winds near 35 mph. The system is moving west northwest. The associated thunderstorm activity is gradually becoming better organized, and the disturbance is expected to become a tropical depression today, and could become a hurricane by late Friday. Most importantly to note this storm is predicted to bring with it is up to 20 inches of rain.
National Weather Service Lake Charles forecaster Donovan Landreneau says Hurricane watches are in effect for the Louisiana coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River all the way to the Texas border. Landreneau says no matter where the system lands, much of the state will feel the effects all the way through early next week.
Landreneau says this system is similar to the one that caused the August 2016 floods.
This storm system will push the Mississippi River up to 20 feet in New Orleans, putting levees at risk of being over topped. Matt Doyle has the story.
In Lafayette, parish officials are putting equipment into place and lining up first responders. Director of Lafayette Parish Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Craig Stansbury says they are getting two briefings a day from the National Weather Service.