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Doug the Dem

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Wed Aug 30, 2017, 04:39 AM Aug 2017

Western Louisiana in crosshairs as Harvey moves back to land

Source: Associated Press

By JEFF AMY and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
1 hour ago

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Western Louisiana residents braced for more wind and water Wednesday as Tropical Storm Harvey headed their way after dumping record rainfall on Texas.

National Weather Service meteorologists expect the deadly storm to make another landfall early Wednesday in southwestern Louisiana, after it lingered over Texas for days before meandering back into the Gulf of Mexico.

Forecasters say another 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) of rain could fall in western Louisiana.

“We are starting to get down to the end of the tunnel of all this rain,” Meteorologist Roger Erickson said.



Read more: https://apnews.com/b4104cd2cd0647c898899f17de189a79/Western-Louisiana-in-crosshairs-as-Harvey-moves-back-to-land



Harvey goes in, withdraws, goes in again, a perfect metaphor on what Trump is doing to the country.
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