flooding

When flooding it occurs, it turns out that people aren't the only ones seeking high ground. Chris Romano from Vexcon visited with us about the dangers of uncovering critters you normally wouldn't see with regard to the flooding recently in the Shreveport/Bossier City area.

Motorists who might normally use I-10 to travel to southeast Texas may now use U.S. Highway 190 as an alternate route to go around the flooding.

When disaster strikes, it's inevitable that we see both the best and worst of people. With thousands of families displaced from their homes due to flood waters, there's a lot of rebuilding that needs to take place. That being said, there are people who prey on victims.

The community of Georgetown in Grant Parish has basically been cut off from the rest of the state because of rising flood waters caused by heavy rains and breach in the levee at Bayou Darrow.

The White House says the declaration makes federal aid available to north Louisiana parishes hit by more than 18 inches of rain last week.

Governor John Bel Edwards and others toured flood damage in the state yesterday. He says it will take a lot of help from the Federal Government to help all of those affected.

When water rises, so does the wildlife.

Governor Edwards plans to tour flood ravaged north Louisiana during the day today.

Despite the few hours respite our area had this afternoon from the rain, the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office has announced mandatory evacuations for two more subdivisions in Bossier, plus the area immediately around Louisiana Downs.

Here is the latest drone footage from Wallace Lake Road at I-49.

As residents of Stonebridge subdivision evacuated their flooded neighborhood, a few were kind enough to share a few pictures from that inundated area.

Bossier officials have issued mandatory evacuations to several neighborhoods and subdivisions in the parish due to flooding or potential flooding.