Governor Edwards says there have been four fatalities as a result of Monday’s rainfall, two involved cars and the others due to a loss of power.
Lake Charles recorded their third heaviest rainfall in history according to the National Weather Service. Mayor Nic Hunter says it’s ridiculous that they have yet to receive a comprehensive federal response to the 2020 hurricanes.
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.
That deluge resulted in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries needing to rescue 110 people in southwest Louisiana and over 300 calls for rescues were fielded in East Baton Rouge Parish by local authorities. State Fire Marshal’s spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says marshals were deployed in rescue boats to both locations and have rescued nearly 100 themselves…
State Representative Ray Garofalo says he’s out as House Education Chairman. The Legislative Black Caucus asked for Garofalo’s removal after he said there was good with slavery to go along with the bad and ugly. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says House Speaker Clay Schexnayder did not give any indication this move would occur.