The Corps of Engineers says heavy rains and storm surge from a tropical system will push the Mississippi River to 20 feet in New Orleans, which could result in some levees being overtopped. Spokesperson Ricky Boyett says they do not expect potential overtoppings to be widespread, but they’ve begun additional surveying to see if some areas could use reinforcement.
Boyett says their concerns at the moment about areas south of New Orleans and parts of Plaquemines Parish are under a mandatory evacuation.
The slow moving system is predicted to make landfall in south-central/southwest Louisiana, but National Weather Service Lake Charles forecaster Donovan Landreneau says the system is set to drop a ton of rain in certain areas of the state, somewhat similar to the tropical system that created the 2016 August floods.
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Director of Lafayette Parish Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Craig Stansbury says their main concern with this storm is flooding and they want to encourage residents to pay attention to the forecast and not get caught off guard.