[STORMREPORTS] Hundred Cars Pulled from Floodwaters in Louisiana, Tornado
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"Extensive flooding in the capital city on Wednesday meant trouble for
An informal survey of six Baton-Rouge-area towing companies showed that tow
Baton Rouge Police pushed several vehicles out of the water on North
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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri May 14 2004 - 06:23:31 EDT
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/051304/new_floodcars001.shtml
travelers on city streets, with numerous vehicles succumbing to high water.
truck operators hauled more than a hundred vehicles out of floodwaters
Wednesday.
Boulevard in the early afternoon. Some had to stay there until the waters
subsided. One towing company worker said she has not seen this many cars
flooded in 10 years."
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2004-05-13-louisiana-flooding_x.htm
Wednesday night while a tornado was confirmed in an unpopulated area in
nearby St. Charles Parish.
power, mostly because of tree limbs falling on utility lines, but the vast
majority had been restored by dawn Thursday.
ground, causing street flooding throughout the region.
after heavy rain pushed water into some businesses and homes."
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