While Tropical Storm Arthur did not pack any damaging winds, it did dump large amounts of rain throughout South Louisiana – enough to overwhelm drainage pumps. National Weather Service Meteorologist Phil Grigsby says areas near New Orleans were especially hit hard.
Terrebonne Parish was among the parishes that sustained the heaviest damage from the storm. Earl Eues, the director of the Terrebonne Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says the damage was not only from flood waters, but also from tornadoes.
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Eues says the rain came down so fast that the drainage pumps couldn’t keep up, and that caused some homes to flood.
The 104th annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention kicked off in New Orleans today. Kace Kieschick reports.
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We’re getting details of Cam Jordan’s one-year deal with the Saints that he says will be his last with the team and the NFL. Jordan’s base value is seven and a half million dollars; and if he reaches certain sack incentives, he can add an additional three-million dollars to that total.