A pedestrian identified as 59-year-old resident Darrell Ray Thomas of Morrow was killed in a St. Landry Parish crash late Thursday night, Louisiana State Police (LSP) say.
across louisiana with mandatory evacuations. most people left. we saw the backlog on the interstate, highway 10 as people heeded the warnings from officials. but now it s my job as a meteorologist and as a reporter to tell you why you left your home and what you can expect when you return home safely after the storm has passed. wolf? do you get the sense most of the folks where you are did evacuate? or are they hunkered down, staying put? reporter: we don t have any official numbers. however the stream of cars we saw leaving the region was most people heeded the warning. i m going to have to keep looking over hi shoulder. as we enter the outer there s two eye walls. two outer bands associated with the eye wall. as it approaches this area,
that bus. we ll bring you updates as soon as they are available. more breaking news to report as we have this new video showing the damage from a reported tornado this morning in southern alabama. several homes have been destroyed and a school was significantly damaged. the likely tornado was spawned from that tropical storm claudette, and then there s this just in, the florida highway patrol, the highway 10 is closed in both directions due to high winds. flooding is also a concern across the region. we ll keep you updated on all of these developing stories. we have some new encouraging you in numbers in the coronavirus to share. president biden has had 300 million covid vaccines in 150 days. at this hour, 65% of adults have gotten at least one shot. canada is expanding its ban on non-essential travel and that ban has been in place since