Nearly a foot of water covers roads in Assumption Parish, other damage reports | Tracking Francine

I believe Bri Andrew yeah hey Bri hey there guys yeah earlier we we showed you that we moved into this garage because the winds and the conditions outside are just so terrible right now we thought we would see some relief but we just haven't ever since this storm has picked up it has not L up and while we were talking with Alysa the person that lived in this home a sheriff's deputy actually came to check on us he's out and about just making sure everyone's staying safe staying inside he came to check on us and he also gave us some updates there have been trees that have fallen and have blocking roadways on Highway 308 in Assumption parish and just about a mile down the road he said there's about 8 in to a foot of flooding on La 1 in Assumption Parish we also got in touch with Sharon Sheriff Leland Falcon and he has told us that there has been structural damage from a fire to multiple buildings in Assumption parish and from what we were told some of that damage is irreplaceable and not able to be fixed it's very unfortunate we're going to work on trying to get some pictures from that scene and get them on air and online to you but things are just not really getting any better here in Assumption Parish much like in Morgan City where Balin is winds are picking up heavily visibility is very very low you can't see a whole lot so it's getting pretty rough but we're just hoping for some relief coming pretty soon but if you are in Assumption Parish please stay inside until you get the all clear the storm passes and Roads start to reopen because roads are closing down trees are blocking things and flooding is becoming a problem as this storm pushes through the area flooding is becoming a big problem like I said almost a foot of water right down the road north of where we are and we have to travel North in order to get back to Baton Rouge of course we won't do that in until it is safe obviously but there there is those conditions further up the road and we only expect things to get better from here hopefully cross our fingers but that's all we have for now we'll bring you more updates as we get them back to you guys in the studio

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