Abbeville residents express frustration with the city’s drainage system

Abbeville residents express frustration with the city’s drainage system

It was a stormy start to the week in Acadiana. On Monday, severe storms rolled through the region, flooding several parishes. In some areas, residents found themselves vacuuming out their cars after the heavy rainfall. Hours after the storms, floodwaters remained.KATC spoke with Champayne Lavergne, a resident of Abbeville who has lived in the city for less than a year but has already witnessed the impact of heavy rains."It needs to be better, it…