How much rain did we get? Floodwaters submerge cars in Lafayette, Broussard, Youngsville

Some Lafayette Parish residents resort to canoes & small boats to navigate flooded streets

LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (NEWS 15) — Heavy rains caused significant flooding throughout Lafayette Parish, including Youngsville and Broussard, making many roadways impassable. Lafayette police shut down several streets, including the Evangeline Thruway. In some neighborhoods, as high water encroached on…

Local nurse pulls 12 cars out of high flood waters in New Iberia after morning storms

Early Thursday morning, several drivers found themselves trapped in high floodwaters along South Lewis Street in New Iberia. Images from the scene show cars partially submergedan unwelcome surprise for commuters just trying to get to work. One man, Richard Buddy Howell, pulled not one, not two, but 12 vehicles out of the water.  Howell, a nurse by profession, never expected to spend his morning drenched in floodwaterbut says once he got the call…

How much rain did we get? Floodwaters submerge cars in Lafayette, Broussard, Youngsville

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Significant rainfall caused widespread flooding throughout Lafayette Parish Thursday morning. Slow-moving storms produced five to eight inches of rain in downtown Lafayette, Broussard and Youngsville before shifting southward to New Iberia, Erath and Abbeville. Along the Evangeline Thruway, over a dozen vehicles stalled out in the floodwaters, while in Broussard and Youngsville, residents reported water entering some hom…

New Iberia police: Stay off roads after significant flash flooding

New Iberia police are telling residents to stay off the road after severe rainfall and flash flooding swept through parts of the Acadiana region on Thursday.