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Corps: Worst of river flooding in Louisiana over
Updated: 2:03 PM 6/22/2011
MORGAN CITY - The Army Corps of Engineers says the worst of Louisiana's flooding is over, allowing the agency to remove an emergency operations center set up in Morgan City. Since April, Morgan City has been at the center of successful efforts to keep waters out of this river... (More) -
Bonnet Carre Spillway to close this morning
Updated: 3:50 AM 6/20/2011
KENNER - The Army Corp of Engineers says it will begin closing the last bays on the Bonnet Carre Spillway around 6:30 this morning. The process is expected to last about two hours. The corps began opening the spillway on May 9 to divert floodwaters in the Mississippi River away... (More) -
Military department spends $8M on flood response
Updated: 4:09 PM 6/15/2011
BATON ROUGE - The state's military department expects to spend nearly $8 million through this month to respond to the Mississippi River flooding and the preparation for high waters around Louisiana. That includes the costs of activating more than 1,100 Louisiana National Guardsmen and of providing fuel, supplies and... (More) -
River silt a problem in Morgan City
Updated: 5:04 PM 6/14/2011
MORGAN CITY - Less than a month ago, News 2 visited a flooded seafood restaurant in Morgan City that had between four and five feet of water from the Atchafalaya River. Since then flood waters have subsided, but owner Robert Conner is dealing with a much bigger problem. In... (More) -
Popular boat launches re-open in St. Landry Parish
Updated: 5:20 PM 6/14/2011
St. LANDRY PARISH - All Bayou Darbonne and Grimmet Canal boat launches were reopened Tuesday after being closed by the threat of flooding about a month ago. Tuesday morning boaters came out early with hopes to catch fish, but many of them left shortly after realizing the water was... (More) -
Part of Atchafalaya Basin reopened to boat traffic
Updated: 4:32 PM 6/13/2011
ST. MARTINVILLE - Authorities reopened all boat traffic for a four-mile portion of waterways in the Atchafalaya Basin today. The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries had closed the area in St. Martin Parish on May 26 due to flooding from the Morganza Spillway. It stretched from the Henderson... (More) -
Levee reopens in downtown Baton Rouge
Updated: 6:20 PM 6/11/2011
BATON ROUGE- A portion of the Downtown Levee is now open again to pedestrians and cyclist. The levee river walk was closed while high water threatened Baton Rouge and to prevent accidents near flood protection equipment. Dozens of people returned to the levee Saturday to revisit the river. "It's... (More) -
Crews cleaning up sandbags in West Baton Rouge
Updated: 4:33 PM 6/10/2011
WEST BATON ROUGE - The floods have come and gone but authorities in West Baton Rouge aren't letting their guard down just yet. The levees on the west bank of the Mississippi River will remain closed for at least another two weeks, even though the eastern bank's levees in... (More) -
Downtown BR levee to reopen Saturday
Updated: 2:08 PM 6/10/2011
BATON ROUGE - People will once again be able to walk the levees in downtown Baton Rouge this weekend. Mayor-President Kip Holden's office said the levee north of the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino will no longer be off-limits to pedestrians and cyclists starting Saturday. Jim Ferguson with... (More) -
Crawfish supply, demand drops during flooding
Updated: 6:10 PM 6/9/2011
BAYOU SORREL- As the prices of crawfish fall, the catch in some areas are down, too. Bayou Sorrel was expected to have a large catch following the flow of water from the Morganza Spillway, but so far the pay out isn't big. "We thought with the high water the... (More)
