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Keeping business afloat in Louisiana flooding

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 24, 2016
A husband and wife team run Middendorf's restaurant in a flood-prone swamp just outside of New Orleans.
A front view of Middendorf's.
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For Louisiana schools, flood damage is lasting

by Amy Scott
Aug 23, 2016
As schools reopen, many teachers and staff have been displaced.
School buses are parked in a flooded parking lot on August 16 in Denham Springs, Louisiana.
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Louisiana floods: a new normal?

by Jed Kim
Aug 16, 2016
The flooding has been described as "historic" and "unprecedented." How long before it happens again?
A man navigates a boat of rescued goats past a partially submerged car after flooding on August 16, 2016 in Gonzales, Louisiana. As many as 20,000 people have been rescued following unprecedented floods in the southern US state of Louisiana.
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