Sprouted rice. Photo by Ken Lyon near Roberts Cove in Acadia Parish.
Heavy rains that recently caused historic flooding in south Louisiana will cost the state’s agriculture industry at least $110 million, according to preliminary estimates from the LSU AgCenter.
Flooding on Bayou des Cannes on Sunday. (Photo by Tom Dodge)
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have made a commitment to provide support through cash and in-kind donations of $500,000 to organizations helping with relief efforts for those affected by the floods in Louisiana.
District 41 State Rep. Philllip DeVillier, R-Eunice, was at the Eunice Community Health Center when a shipment of medical supplies by AmeriCares was delivered to clinic.
Personnel from AmeriCares of Stamford, Connecticut, arrived in Eunice Friday.
AmeriCares Sal Migliaccio, Jake Raushcher and William Daley provided an overnight shipment of medical supplies shipment to the Eunice Community Health Center.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency may place its representatives in Eunice at the Northwest Community Center in two to three weeks, Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot.
The operation may include the Small Business Administration and state Food Stamp workers, he said.
Windcrest Apartment residents Brandon Delaphous, left, and Derrick Ford talked about flood experiences Thursday as Brittany Miller showed a photo on a phone of a boat used at the apartments on La. 13 in Eunice during the Aug. 13 flooding. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Many people have described the Aug. 13 flood as surprising because it occurred in areas that had not flooded before.
But for others the flooding was a familiar sight.
Keith Lafleur, who lives on Stanford Road in Eunice, said the water got up to top of his mobile home’s skirting.
