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Confidence of heavy rain and localized flash flooding is increasing for early next week, especially along and north of the I-10/12 corridor. As a cold front pushes south, many locations could see 3"-6" of rain through the middle of the week. Localized 6" amounts can't be ruled out.
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Tent collapses during outdoor church service, killing 1 and injuring 22 wafb.com/2026/06/13/tent-col…
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He began volunteering after he retired. wafb.com/2026/06/13/baton-ro…
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Two people escaped a Baton Rouge house fire safely this morning after being alerted by working smoke alarms. wafb.com/2026/06/13/investig…
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First Lady Melania Trump unveils a spinoff of Trump Accounts for children in foster care wafb.com/2026/06/13/melania-…
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A rural Louisiana fire department chief caught the attention of a state commission after setting a fire during a statewide burn ban and allegedly fighting with his town’s police chief during an August 2023 incident, WAFB has learned. wafb.com/2026/06/12/after-ch…
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