Storms cause problems in south La

The heavy rains that fell in south Louisiana Thursday flooded some homes and streets and interrupted college baseball tournaments.

Emergency management officials reported to the National Weather Service flooding in five homes in Des Allemands in St. Charles Parish, and in 15 to 20 homes in Schriever, about 30 miles away, in Terrebonne Parish.

Authorities made those reports late in the afternoon after the rain had slowed.

Streets flooded in parts of New Orleans – in “the usual low-lying areas,” said Jerry Sneed, the city’s emergency preparedness director.

“It’s been a deluge of water in a short period of time, and it puddles up,” he said, adding that pumping stations were beginning to clear many of the affected areas by early evening, as the rainfall began to let up.

College baseball games were postponed in New Orleans, where the Conference USA tournament is under way, and in Lafayette, where the Sun Belt tournament is being held.

Radar estimates showed areas of heavy rains, perhaps five inches or more, in parts of southern and southeast Louisiana as a trough moved through the region, said Freddie Zeigler, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.