7/26/2023 0 Comments Flooding in lake charles louisianaThe body of 33-year-old Justin Blaine Thompson was found in a vehicle submerged in water under a Baton Rouge overpass, another coroner's office said. The Calcasieu Parish coroner said a 61-year-old man was found in a vehicle submerged under water. The Louisiana Department of Health said Wednesday that three deaths have been confirmed to be storm-related. He still hadn't moved back into his house after it flooded during October's Hurricane Delta, but recently had new furniture delivered to the home. He was at a car rental office Tuesday after his truck was flooded Monday. "It is mind-boggling," said Patrick King of Lake Charles. In Houston, separate lightning strikes caused two apartment complexes to catch fire Tuesday night, but no one was hurt. More showers and storms are possible in southeast Texas through Friday, the weather service said, and more flooding was possible as heavy rains fall on already-saturated ground. In Texas, strong thunderstorms were rolling through the Houston metropolitan area early Wednesday. Some schools in Louisiana were closed on Wednesday in anticipation of severe weather. One man, David Earl, told the station that so much water flowed into his home through cracks and a dog door that his furniture began to float. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, piles of ruined furniture, carpet and clothing lined the street in a neighborhood where residents were beginning to clean up from the earlier storms, WBRZ-TV reported. Parts of Oklahoma and Mississippi were also under flood watches. Flood watches covered a large part of Texas and Arkansas and most of Louisiana on Wednesday. Three people were killed and one was missing after driving into high water. In southern Louisiana, heavy downpours earlier this week swamped vehicles and closed a major interstate. Twelve to 15 inches of rain fell in parts of Lake Charles in a 12-hour period Monday, the weather service said. Lake Charles is still recovering from back-to-back hurricanes last fall and a deep freeze in February. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Imagesįor more reporting from the Associated Press, see below: Monday's weather events brought the third heaviest rainfall in the city’s history, as parts of the city got 15 inches of rain. Cars drive thru flooded water after Hurricane Delta passed through the area on Octonear Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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