Heavy rain recalls flood in August 2016

Water rolls off South 5th Street at the intersecton with West Maple Avenue during Tuesday’s storm that flooded many streets in Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
A rain on Tuesday that flooded Eunice streets brought back memories of a historic deluge in August 2016. “The last time I’ve seen some of these streets all with water on them — with a lot of water on them – was 2016 when we had that big flood and that was different because we ended up with 16 inches of rain,” Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot said. “I just remember that day was a whole lot different…

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