Hurricane Harvey Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Louisiana=== [[File:Harvey AVN 20170830 0145 UTC.gif|thumb|left|Infrared satellite loop of Harvey making its third U.S. landfall in [[Louisiana]] on August 30]] Heavy rainfall extended eastward into Louisiana, with the state recording up to {{convert|14.88|in|mm|abbr=on}} of precipitation near the town of [[Iowa, Louisiana|Iowa]].<ref name="WPC 15"/> In the city of [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]], flood waters reached {{convert|4|ft|m|abbr=on}} in height in some areas, with homes inundated and hundreds of people forced to evacuate in one neighborhood alone. Throughout the state, about 500 people were rescued by August 28, while 269 people went to a shelter in southwest Louisiana, about 200 of whom were rescued from their homes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/louisiana-begins-evacuations-harvey-12-year-anniversary-hurricane/story?id=49485519|title=Louisiana begins evacuations for Harvey on 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina|date=August 29, 2017|newspaper=ABC News|author=Kelly McCarthy|author2=Julia Jacobo|access-date=August 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829145256/https://abcnews.go.com/US/louisiana-begins-evacuations-harvey-12-year-anniversary-hurricane/story?id=49485519|archive-date=August 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> An EF2 tornado near [[Evangeline, Louisiana|Evangeline]] damaged four homes, one of which was destroyed. The tornado also damaged fences, a motorcycle, a pickup truck, and toppled three electrical poles.<ref>{{cite report|url= http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LCH&product=PNS&issuedby=LCH&pid=201708301642 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170903000448/http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LCH&product=PNS&issuedby=LCH&pid=201708301642 |url-status=dead |archive-date= September 3, 2017 |title=Public Information Statement|date=August 31, 2017|publisher=National Weather Service Lake Charles, Louisiana|access-date=September 1, 2017}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page