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Louisiana towns watch floodwater creep toward homes near Atchafalaya
Butte LaRose residents brace for up to five feet of flooding as the Atchafalaya River swelling nears houses. Evacuations mix with hope as crews open the Morganza floodway to divert Mississippi flows. Nearby areas also prepare, while Mississippi towns await receding waters and updated crests.
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Butte Larose
Louisiana
Atchafalaya
Kip
Gwen
Baton Rouge
Army Corps of Engineers
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Mississippi
St. Martin's Parish
St. Martin’s Parish
Gwen Bacquet
Kip Bacquet
St. Landry Parish
Krotz Springs
Melville
Michelle McInnis
Todd Broussard
National Weather Service
McInnis
Vicksburg
Miss
Chris Lynn
Lynn
Yazoo River
Marty Pope
Jackson
Yazoo City
Belzoni
Pope