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New Orleans, Louisiana – Louisiana residents should prepare now for multiple rounds of steady rain March 5-11 that could flood low-lying roads and strain drainage systems across the state.
According to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, Louisiana sits within a 60 to 70 percent chance of above-normal precipitation during the March 5-11 period. The wet corridor stretches from the Upper Midwest through the Mississippi Valley and into the Gulf Coast, signaling repeated rainfall events rather than a single storm system. Temperatures are also expected to trend above average statewide, increasing runoff and keeping all precipitation in liquid form…