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This house in Delcambre was completely destroyed by fire over the last two days.

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A truck plowed into the front of this house in Delcambre on Friday. Two days later, the house caught on fire and was destroyed.

Miguez family deals with truck running into house; house catching on fire three times

DELCAMBRE - You thought you had a rough five days worrying about Hurricane Harvey, think again.
Todd and Autumn Miguez of Delcambre had one of the roughest five days one could ever go through.
It all began Friday afternoon when a truck drove into a front room of their house, which is almost 100 yards off of Main Street.
The young driver missed three oak trees and plowed right into a front bed room. No one was in the bed room at the time. The driver was not injured
The truck had to be pulled out of the house.

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United Way of Acadiana mobilizes Flood the Love for Harvey relief

LAFAYETTE — United Way of Acadiana will be launching Flood the Love, a community donation drive to collect essentials, in response to Hurricane Harvey in Texas and the consequent flooding across Louisiana. This donation drive is in partnership with United Way of Southwest Louisiana in Lake Charles, United Way of Greater Houston and St. Landry-Evangeline United Way.

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Vermilion Parish part of tropical storm warning for Harvey

Harvey is a weak tropical storm, moving northeast towards the southwest Louisiana coast. Landfall projection is Wednesday morning in Cameron Parish as a tropical storm.
The major storyline with this system will continue to be the heavy rain and dangerous flood threat, especially in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. Storm total values will approach the 30 to 45 inch range in parts of southeast Texas.

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Roads currently flooded in Vermilion Parish

Vermilion Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness released a list of flooded roads in the parish as of Tuesday morning.
West Etienne Road East Of Noah Road
West Etienne Road Between Us 167 And Presley Road
Avri Road
Old Sugar Mill Road
Everglade Road
Preacher Road
Donna Road @ Airport Road
Isadore Road
Ollie Road
Davie Road West Of Sindey Gautreaux Road And Tee Wayne Road
Bamboo Road @ La 14
Cabrol Road South Of La 14
North Side Of Cabrol Road
Dudley Road @ Lampman Road

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