16:30 LRN Newscast August 30

The center of Tropical Storm Harvey is about 50 miles southwest of Alexandria. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Harvey is still capable of producing heavy rainfall, especially over western Louisiana…
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Calcasieu Parish officials say they dodged a bullet when Tropical Storm Harvey made another landfall on the western Louisiana coast this morning. Sheriff Tony Mancuso….
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Mancuso says they had flooding today in the town of Stark, which required rescues.

And State Police reports LA Highway 111 between Beech Grove Loop and LA Higway 392 in Vernon Parish will be closed due to high water.

Governor John Bel Edwards is looking to help Texas as the Lone Star state struggles with catastrophic flooding from Harvey…
Voicer 2 (30) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

Mike Steele with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Prepareness urges residents to stay up to date with traffic conditions by visiting 511-dot-la-org. He says motorists cannot enter Texas through I-10….
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