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The flood gate at Seventh Ward Elementary has been closed.

Vermilion Parish Public schools push back start of school to September 3-4

Because of two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico, public, private, and Catholic schools have been canceled at least for the first few days of this week.
Catholic schools (Maltrait, VC and Mt. Carmel) began last week, but because of the storms, the Catholic schools canceled school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Harvest Time Academy, a private school in Abbeville, canceled school on Monday and Tuesday. The Harvest Time administration will decide Tuesday at 1 p.m. for the rest of the week.

Public school schedule

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Marco weakening, Laura expected to make landfall late Wednesday, early Thursday

Marco is weakening quickly and is not expected to cause any weather problems in our region today or tomorrow, according the 10 a.m. update from the National Weather Service in Lake Cahrle
The tropical storm warnings have been discontinued for south central and southwest Louisiana. Most of the rain associated with Marco is well to the east of the system.
Laura is expected to make landfall between southeast Texas and south central Louisiana as a category two hurricane late Wednesday or early Thursday.

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MARCO WEAKENS TO TROPICAL STORM

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Marco Intermediate Advisory Number 16A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142020
700 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
...MARCO PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...
SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...28.1N 88.4W
ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM SSE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...80 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H

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Sandbags available in Maurice

MAURICE — With the approach of the two storms sand and bags are available for Village of Maurice residents in front of the Village of Maurice Police Station at 115 West Corine Street.
There is a six bag limit per household due to the limited supply. If you are filing bags please be cautious of the ongoing construction at the Village of Maurice Water Plant.
Mayor Wayne Theriot said the Village of Maurice encourages all to monitor this weather situation as we will be impacted by both of the systems.

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