Lake Charles recorded the third heaviest rainfall in history according to the National Weather Service, with more than a foot of rain Monday, and that includes Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Mayor Nic Hunter says he’s not a scientist but three major weather events in less than nine months are evidence of climate change.
Hunter says some residents are facing renovations of their homes for a third time.
Over a foot of rain fell over parts of Baton Rouge yesterday also and nearly 15 inches of rain fell in Gonzales. State Climatologist Barry Keim says warm air off the Gulf of Mexico is colliding with the upper atmosphere to produce strong thunderstorms capable of dumping a lot of water…
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Rainfall is expected to continue through Thursday.
The historic rainfall that swamped Lake Charles and Baton Rouge last night left many residents stranded in their cars and homes as floodwaters rose rapidly yesterday and early this morning. State Fire Marshal’s spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says their long day began early Monday as marshals were called in to help assist local authorities in Lake Charles…
State Representative Ray Garofalo says he’s out as House Education Chairman after he said there was good with slavery to go along with the bad and ugly. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says because the Black Caucus threatened not to support the Republicans’ tax reform plans if he wasn’t removed. But he says now that Garofalo is out, they still might not support it.