Tropical Storm Barry is gaining strength as it approaches Louisiana’s coastline.It’s maximum sustained winds are 70-miles per hour, just short of hurricane strength. A landfall is expected near Vermilion Parish. Phil Grigsby with the National Weather Service says the significant rainfall will come after landfall…
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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser has sent pictures to the media showing the overtopping of a levee in Plaquemines Parish near Myrtle Grove. Upstream in New Orleans, Governor John Bel Edwards is confident in the levee system…
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The projected crest of the Mississippi River in New Orleans is down to 17 feet.

The U-S Coast Guard was called this morning to rescue a dozen people stranded by flooding on an island in Terrebonne Parish. The island was placed under a voluntary evacuation. Shelters are open across south Louisiana and Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says many of them are pet friendly, but call the shelter hotline number at 2-1-1…
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Barry’s track shows the storm is not just a south Louisiana problem as forecasts show the system will likely be a tropical storm as it moves right over Alexandria Sunday morning. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau says local officials worked hard to prepare, but he’s seen less urgency from some of his constituents…
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Barry is expected to be a tropical depression in north Louisiana on Sunday afternoon.