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• New FEMA flood maps for parts of Ascension Parish Play Video

  June 10, 2019 10:46 PM

  GONZALES - FEMA has presented new flood maps for the Bayou Conway-Panama Canal Basin after a controversial new feature was removed. The new maps will have a major impact on flood insurance rates for that area. Some 1200 properties are being removed from high-risk flood zones while 350 are... more »

• Ascension residents get temporary reprieve from floodway designation Play Video

  March 27, 2019 11:46 PM

  GONZALES - Residents living along the Bayou Conway-Panama Canal Basin got good news Wednesday after worries grew over controversial FEMA maps . Residents who say they had never flooded found their homes located in a newly designated floodway along the basin. Ascension Parish officials say they now plan to... more »

• Longtime property owners suddenly find themselves in FEMA regulatory floodway Play Video

  March 26, 2019 7:21 PM

  GONZALES - Flood map changes are coming to Ascension Parish and it was a shock to dozens of people who are being told their properties will now be in a FEMA regulatory floodway. Tuesday morning, 2 On Your Side met with property owners along S. Hodgeson Road in Gonzales.... more »

• Work continues in Zachary floodway despite cease and desist notice Play Video

  October 15, 2018 6:34 PM

  ZACHARY - Heavy machinery continued moving timber in a section of floodway in Zachary Monday. The work comes two months after the city issued a cease and desist letter to the owner and developer of the property. Concerned neighbors gathered to discuss their frustration with what was going on as... more »

• Floodway property owners could be bought out soon Play Video

  May 7, 2018 7:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A woman who's lived on the same property all her life is now being told she might not be able to rebuild after the 2016 flood. Alicia Donnell tells 2 On Your Side she feels cheated. "Never did anybody come out and say, 'Miss Donnell... more »

• Morganza Decision Support Maps released

  January 7, 2016 4:08 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released Decision Support Maps for potential operation of the Morganza Control Structure Thursday afternoon. The maps are supporting documents that compare projected water levels in the Atchafalaya Basin as a result of whether or not the Morganza Control Structure is... more »

• Corps to discuss flood threat Tuesday

  January 4, 2016 2:21 PM

  MORGANZA - People here and in other floodways should expect their annual warning in the mail from the Army Corps of Engineers. The corps said Monday, it disseminated its yearly memo to residents and landowners, reminding them that floodways along the Mississippi River could be activated in a high... more »