Starting tomorrow, the Livingston Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is asking for any residents of the Parish whose home sustained water damage during the recent severe weather to please call (225) 686-3996.
An emergency sandbag operation took place over the weekend after overflow from the Vermilion River threatened to flood a major portion of a living history park.
Just days after concluding one investigation, the National Weather Service is headed back to Breaux Bridge after reports that a possible tornado caused damage to homes.
High water due to recent rain has created dangerous conditions for hunters, which prompted the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to make several closures to hunting seasons.
Jan Risher and her family have lived in their house on the Vermilion River for five years. In the time they have lived there, Risher says the water has never been this high, and that's including Hurricane Rita in 2005.
Parish President, Guy Cormier has signed a State of Emergency for St. Martin Parish due to the severe weather that traveled through the Parish this morning.
Heavy rains and flooding had an impact today in both East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes.
Central residents there saw water creeping closer to their front doors today.
