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The Amite River Basin Commission, a Baton Rouge regional agency most tied to the long-running Comite River Diversion Canal, ...
These choices have not only divided the communities of Baton Rouge, but have also subjected the whole region to chronic, worsening flooding. By stubbornly denying equal access and opportunities to ...
Baton Rouge is no stranger to seasonal deluge — some places are still recovering from the unprecedented flood that displaced thousands of people in 2016. But the 13.7 inches of rainfall that ...
151; -- In Southeastern Louisiana, where communities are reeling from deadly flooding that hit the Baton Rouge area on Aug. 12, many families worry not only about being displaced from their homes ...
(Louisiana First) — A line of storms is going through the Baton Rouge region with the entire area threatened by flooding, which will continue through Thursday. The Baton Rouge area is under a ...
The devastation wreaked by the swollen rivers that cut through the capital region expanded Sunday, inundating entire subdivisions in south Baton Rouge and flowing down into neighborhoods in ...
Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard told ABC News that 80 percent of the homes in the Baton Rouge area may be destroyed from the flooding. In 24 hours, 21 inches of rain fell in Livingston Parish ...
That’s a total of $53 million not coming to Baton Rouge. We first reported about the City of Central missing out on a nearly $40 million BRIC grant to help prevent flooding. That’s about the ...
"People think more clearly about what is fair and what is right." Historic flooding in southern Louisiana has put Baton Rouge in the national headlines for more than a week. Photos and video ...