Lafayette Parish has declared a state of emergency after dozens of houses flooded in and north of Carencro, where a daycare center evacuated children to City Hall as heavy thunderstorms stalled between Lafayette and Opelousas and dumped up to 15 inches of rain.
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Lafayette Parish declares state of emergency
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Jamaica declares state of emergency
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Drought declared for entire state
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Heavy rains cause more outages
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Georgia Governor Perdue declares state of emergency in seven additional counties
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Louisiana declares state of emergency
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Several prep games in Lafayette Parish delayed by lightning
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Gov. Rick Scott declares a state of emergency
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Philippines declares state of emergency
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Hundreds evacuated from retail park floods
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Bentley declares state of emergency
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Tropical storm warning issued for Louisiana coast
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Gov. Patrick declares state of emergency for Mass.
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Gov. Riley declares state of emergency
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About 95,000 customers remain without power after strong storms
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Strong thunderstorms pounding parts of Brunswick County
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Governor Kaine declares state of emergency following severe storms