Governor John Bel Edwards has once again declared a state of emergency after several tornadoes touched down in southeast Louisiana on Tuesday. New Orleans East sustained the most damage, and Mayor Mitch Landrieu says this took everyone completely by surprise…:
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Officials estimate at least 20 people in southeast Louisiana sustained injuries, but no deaths were reported.

The governor is headed to Washington D.C. to push for more flood aid:
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A public meeting will be held tonight in Assumption Parish on the proposed controversial Bayou Bridge Pipeline. One of the partner companies on the project is Energy Transfer and Senior vice president of engineering Joey Mahmoud says those in opposition are mis-characterizing data.:
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the Louisiana Bucket Brigade says the Atchafalaya Basin is already suffering from too many pipelines.

The tornadoes that touched down in Louisiana made national headlines. The National Weather Service is still working to determine exactly how many twisters hit, and how much damage they caused. Slidell forecaster Mike Efferson says one of the twisters went from Killian in Livingston Parish to Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish…:
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He says tornadoes also touched down in Ascension, St. James parishes, and Livingston Parish.