Families in Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles parishes begin recovery after devastating flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur

Red Cross seeks volunteers for Louisiana storm recovery

MANSURA, La. — While the Ark-La-Tex was spared the worst impacts of Tropical Storm Arthur, communities in south Louisiana, including Avoyelles Parish, continue to deal with significant flooding and storm damage.

Roads closed from flooding in Avoyelles Parish

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has closed roads on Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and Pomme de Terre WMA in Avoyelles Parish due to flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur.Chenier Lake Road, Cas Cas Road, the Year Round Trail and South Bayou Natchitoches Road from the Bayou des Sot gate to Smith Bay at Grassy Lake WMA and Sutton Lake Road on Pomme de Terre WMA have been closed.While the WMAs will remain open, u…

Avoyelles Parish reels from flooding after Arthur: ‘Never had anything like this here'

“We’ve never had anything like this here in our lives,” said Patrick Wright, an at-large alderman in Simmesport along the Atchafalaya River.It was a sentiment echoed across the rest of Avoyelles Parish after sheets of rain triggered what many are…

Families in Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles parishes begin recovery after devastating flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur

Families in Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles parishes begin recovery after devastating flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur

Landry visits Avoyelles Parish, speaks with officials after Tropical Storm Arthur

MANSURA — Gov. Jeff Landry is going to Avoyelles Parish on Friday to meet with local officials after Tropical Storm Arthur blanketed southern Louisiana with rain and caused multiple areas in and around the parish to flood. Landry will meet with officials in the Avoyelles Parish Emergency Operations Center in Mansura at 2 p.m. On Thursday, following the heavy rain, Landry ordered a state of emergency for Avoyelles, as well as Lafourche, Pointe Co…