Officials have issued voluntary evacuation orders for residents of Acadia and Lafayette Parishes ahead of Delta’s anticipated landfall in eastern Cameron Parish Friday. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter is once again prepping his hurricane-ravaged community for another oncoming storm. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Voluntary evacuation orders are in place for residents of Acadia and Lafayette parishes ahead of Delta’s Friday landfall in eastern Cameron Parish. Lafayette Consolidated Government spokesperson Jamie Angelle says if you must stay you can, but Friday likely won’t be very pleasant…
While Delta looks like it won’t be a major hurricane at landfall Angelle says the hurricane still has everyone’s attention after what happened to their neighbors just over a month ago…
Lafayette will implement a curfew starting at 12PM Friday lasting until 6 AM Saturday morning.
Acadia Sheriff KP Gibson says he’s already seen residents in the flood-prone southern portion of the parishes leaving, and they’re moving inmates out of the parish into facilities in north Louisiana…
Gibson says if you can leave please do, but if you plan to ride out the storm Friday in the parish make sure you are ready to do so.
Mandatory evacuation orders are in place for Cameron, Allen, Jeff Davis, and Calcasieu Parishes.
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Hurricane Delta continues its approach towards the Louisiana coast. National Weather Service Lake Charles meteorologist Chanelle Stigger says exactly six weeks after Laura clobbered the area, they are bracing for round two. The storm track has shifted west over the last few days, but landfall in Cameron is more likely now.
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Stigger says the biggest problem appears to be wind damage with sustained speeds of 90-100 miles per hour, with gusts up to 120, but Delta will bring other issues.
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Stigger says although the storm is not expected to be a major hurricane at landfall, southwest Louisiana is still a compromised and Delta is making things much worse.
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Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says he can’t believe another hurricane is set to strike the city again, but you can’t let fatigue keep people from taking this storm seriously. Hunter is urging Lake Charles residents to get out.
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Hunter says the decision to leave is one that needs to be made quickly.
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Hunter says it all may seem like a bad dream, but adds that Lake Charles is a resilient community that will get through this.
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Hurricane Delta is expected to make landfall tomorrow nearly in the same location as Hurricane Laura did six weeks ago today. Governor John Bel Edwards hopes the most impacted parts of Cameron and Calcasieu will miss the brunt of this next storm…
The governor says they are still housing six-thousand Hurricane Laura evacuees in a dozen hotels mostly in New Orleans.
Edwards says they are still housing six-thousand Hurricane Laura evacuees in hotels mostly in New Orleans. The governor says Delta has grown in size since hitting the Yucatan Peninsula