“It last flooded for Hurricane Delta late last year,” he told CNN. He took video of the water and posted it on Instagram saying “Here we go again.” We continue to ask residents to stay off of the roadways unless it’s absolutely unavoidable.”Īnother area resident, Lamar Pitre, told CNN he had over a foot and a half of water in his house due to flooding. “Right now, local and state agencies are working together to bring people to safety. “The state has offered any help they can provide in light of the tremendous rain event today,” Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter posted on the city’s Facebook page. Second highest was 15.67 inches, on May 16, 1980. The highest on record was 15.79 inches, on June 19, 1947.

Monday brought the city’s third-highest rainfall total on record. Monday’s storm marks the third most rainfall in a single day in the city’s history and more rain fell than during either of the hurricanes in 2020. “We have floodwaters in places that we’ve never seen flooding before,” he said. Nearly half the roads in the parish were under some water, Gremillion said. Most of the calls are believed to be welfare checks to evacuate residents, but earlier in the day, at the height of the rainfall, rescuers helped people from vehicles that ventured too far into the water, Gremillion said. “They’re not necessarily in any danger, but they can’t get from where they are to home, or to work, or wherever they’re trying to get to.” “We have people stranded around the area who are stuck in high water,” he said. More than 100 rescue calls were made in Lake Charles on Monday, Gremillion said. More than 100 calls for rescue in Lake Charles “It remains to be seen, but we still see a lot of blue roofs around where people have not replaced their roofs, so a heavy rain event like this is devastating for those people who haven’t gotten their roofs repaired yet.” “We just can’t catch a break,” Dick Gremillion, Calcasieu Parish Director of Homeland Security told CNN. In October, Hurricane Delta brought torrential downfalls that caused major flooding in the city. In August, Hurricane Laura tore through the area bringing heavy winds, the equivalent of an EF-2 tornado, which caused significant damage to buildings. Residents of Lake Charles are still rebuilding after the damage caused by two hurricanes and an ice storm over the past year. The car nearly disappears in the flooded street. “And even then it took all day to get this high.” “The only time it’s flooded like this in the last little while was during Hurricane Delta,” said Williams. He added that it was his neighbor’s friend’s car and that they were safe. NWS New Orleans said on Twitter late Monday that thunderstorms were still producing heavy rain, resulting in numerous stranded cars.Įarlier Monday, Lake Charles resident Derek Williams told CNN that the water rose so quickly that it only took 45 minutes for a car parked on the street to be completely submerged. John Bel Edwards issued a State of Emergency for the southwest of the state, according to a press release on Monday night. The National Weather Service (NWS) described the situation as “particularly dangerous.”īy Monday evening, Lake Charles had received more than 12 inches of rain, according to the NWS, and Gov. Rainfall totals were between 7-14 inches and flood warnings were issued for Western Jefferson County in Texas as well as for East Baton Rouge Parish and for Eastern Calcasieu Parish in Louisiana, which includes the city of Lake Charles. Baseball-sized hail threatens Texas again as flood risk increases

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