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Survey teams checking out damage; volunteers helping those affected by yesterday's storms.

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FEMA announced today that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of Louisiana to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe winter storms during the period of January 8 to January 17, 2013.

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There is a tornado watch in effect for parts of northeast Texas, southwest Arkansas and southeast Oklahoma until 7pm CST.

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LSP Troop G Spokesman Matt Harris tells me there are numerous things folks need to remember if they're headed to our area in their own vehicles.  First and foremost, slow it down.  He says the high water, combined with oil on the roadways, acts just like a sheet of ice

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This time last year, daylight ambient temperatures were in the low triple digits: 105 to 108 degrees. Heat indices in the teens! So, what IS it with the weather, now? Yeah, it’s still hot, but not AS hot

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The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Bossier and Caddo Parishes, and Panola County, Texas.  That's supposed to be in effect until 11 this morning.

The storms have caused numerous problems throughout the area

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Dallas-Fort Worth got hit pretty hard by yesterday's storms.  Here in Shreveport-Bossier, we came out of it relatively unscathed, according to the National Weathere Service Office here in Shreveport.  I got an update from Hydrologist C

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There are still some issues to deal with from the storms that rolled through our state Tuesday. The high water has caused Shreveport trash pick-up to run about a day behind schedule in some areas. All collect

High water is still an issue today, as our region deals with more rainfall. In Claiborne Parish, about 10 or 11 roads are barricaded due to flash flooding. In Shreveport, there are still problem spots because of fallen trees

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On Thursday, January 26th, a local volunteer from the Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross, Jean Lanier of Bossier City, will head to Birmingham, Alabama to work as a Client Casework Supervisor in the aftermath of Monday’s storms.

The Red Cross in Alabama is t

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