6 YEARS IN THE MAKING!
In August 2016, prolonged rainfall from an unpredictable storm resulted in catastrophic flooding in the state of Louisiana, United States; thousands of houses and businesses were submerged. Louisiana's governor, John Bel Edwards, called the disaster a "historic, unprecedented flooding event" and declared a state of emergency.
Many rivers and waterways, particularly the Amite and Comite rivers, reached record levels, and rainfall exceeded 20 inches (510 mm) in multiple parishes and 30 inches in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
Jim Chapman of Local Leaders the Podcast tells his first hand story in this 10 part series entitled The Day I saw The River Rise: How I lost everything and found myself.
Premiers Monday January 10th.
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