Plaquemines Parish

Pecan Acres

Frequent flooding in Louisiana could lead to buyouts for entire neighborhoods

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“Let us all come together so we can go as one and move another place instead of flooding out every year because we’re getting older,” says one resident of Pecan Acres, in Pointe Coupee Parish. “We’ll be better off. We won’t got to worry about worrying when the storms come.”

In wake of Isaac, La. farmers faced with heavy losses, uncertainty of rebuilding

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Bye-Bye Bayou