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April 14, 2015
Update: 1:30 p.m.
Lafourche Parish Schools Spokesman Floyd Benoit confirmed to The Times that schools in the parish will begin early dismissal.
High schools and middle schools will begin dismissing at 1:30 p.m. Elementary schools in Lafourche will begin dismissing at 2 p.m. or as buses arrive.
Update: 1:15 p.m.
Heavy rains have caused road closures and at least one school closing in Lafourche Parish, according to updates issued by parish government officials.
A flash flood warning continues through 7 pm.
Lafourche sandbag locations are:
Thibodaux Field Office, 2565 Veterans Blvd., Thibodaux
Bayou Blue Field Office, 104 Myrtle Place, Houma
Raceland Field Office, 129 Texas Street, Raceland
Choctaw Field Office, 122 Choctaw Barn Road, Thibodaux
Lockport Field Office, 6236 Hwy 308, Lockport
Galliano/Cut Off Field Office, 128 West 9th Street, Cut Off
Thibodaux, LA – Due to excessive rainfall, the following Thibodaux roads are currently closed:
New Closures:
Government Circle
7th Street, in front of Lafourche Parish School Board
7th Street, between Jackson Street and Harrison Street
Lagarde Street at East 7th Street
Bobby Street
Menard Street at Audubon Avenue
Thibodaux City Police report that St. Charles Street is closed at the 1200 block and the area is closed to traffic.
Other Thibodaux road closures are:
Canal Boulevard, in front of Stark Complex (Thibodaux Police Department)
Jackson Street at St. Mary
Plater Drive
Louise Street
7th Street at Jackson Street
Rienzi Extension, between St. Patrick and Canal Boulevard
St. Charles Street, between Pecan and Canal Boulevard
Eagle Drive
Canal Boulevard at School Street
Midland Drive
Canal at Talbot Avenue
Officers with the Thibodaux Police Department are closely monitoring the roadways and we will submit updates, when available. If you must travel in the area, motorists are asked to drive with extreme caution. Do not enter or cross flowing water or water of unknown depth.
Street flooding has begun to occur in the streets of Thibodaux as heavy rains occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
