When faced with overwhelming situations like this, some people decide to make the best of it and laugh through the pain. Check out this Houston man diving around to catch a fish that was swimming through his house as a result of the flooding.
Over the next four to five days, Acadiana is expected to get some serious rainfall from Hurricane Harvey. As a result, we can expect our bayous and ditches to fill, and get standing water under and around our homes. This could mean having to deal with dangerous snakes. These are the ones to look out for.
With all of South Louisiana closely watching the tropical system in the Gulf Of Mexico this week, many of you are already preparing for flooding just in case. Sandbags are already being made available in many places around Acadiana. I just came across this video demonstrating a simple idea that could help you fill sandbags faster than ever.
Acadiana experienced some serious flooding today, and some of the worst of it happened on Ambassador Caffery. KATC's Daniel Philips took issue while watching folks on live traffic cameras driving through these flood waters, and he decided to let them know about it...in what was the most entertaining and hilarious part of most of our days.
There were several reports of hail. There were, even more, reports of heavy rainfall and flooding. There were reports of strong gusty winds. Sadly, there were reports of fatalities.
This is all in conjunction with a well-anticipated storm system that is currently moving out of Acadiana and into Southeastern Louisiana and Southwest Mississippi...
Mayor Ken Ritter said he and the Youngsville City Council have done their parts to improve drainage issues following the August floods. Now, it's LCG's turn to pitch in to keep water out.
Thousands of Louisiana families are still relying on the government for housing three months after catastrophic flooding drove them out of their homes.