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itemprop="headline" data-reactid="96">Harvey now threatens Louisiana — 12 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina</h1><div class="article__subheadline" data-reactid="97"><p data-reactid="98">Tropical storm Harvey has forced hundreds of people to be rescued from floodwaters in southwestern Louisiana.</p></div></header></div></div><div class="hero" data-reactid="99"><figure data-reactid="100"><div class="youtube" data-reactid="101"><div class="youtube__body" data-reactid="102"><div id="star-video-mainart-0" data-reactid="103"></div></div></div></figure></div></div><div data-reactid="104"><div class="row" data-reactid="105"><div class="small-12 inset columns" data-reactid="106"><div class="article__body clearfix article-story-body" data-reactid="107"><div class="alpha alpha--big-box show-for-medium-up" data-reactid="108"><!-- react-empty: 109 --></div><div class="show-right-rail" data-reactid="110"><div class="article__meta" data-reactid="111"><div class="inset" data-reactid="112"><div 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Many appeared to be heeding his call.</p><p>Meanwhile, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Louisiana is offering to shelter storm victims from Texas.</p><p><strong>Read more:</strong><a onContextMenu="theStarLinkClick(event, this, true)" onclick="theStarLinkClick(event, this, true)" href="https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/08/29/with-three-dead-and-rescue-crews-overwhelmed-houston-chief-expects-death-toll-to-go-up-historically.html"> Houston to open more mega-shelters to house families seeking refuge from Harvey&#x2019;s flooding</a></p></div><div class="show-for-small-only alpha__big-box " data-reactid="150"><div class="article-continued" data-reactid="151"><div class="article-continued__heading" data-reactid="152">Article Continued Below</div></div><div class="alpha__big-box__body" data-reactid="153"><div class="big-box" data-reactid="154"><!-- react-empty: 155 --></div></div></div><div data-reactid="156"><p><a onContextMenu="theStarLinkClick(event, this, false)" onclick="theStarLinkClick(event, this, false)" href="https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/08/29/trump-travelling-to-texas-for-briefings-on-harvey-recovery.html">Trump meets with local officials in Texas for briefings on Harvey recovery</a></p></div><figure class="image" data-reactid="157"><div class="image__body " data-reactid="158"><img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2017/08/29/harvey-now-threatens-louisiana-12-years-to-the-day-after-hurricane-katrina/new-orleansjpg.jpg.size.custom.crop.1086x725.jpg" alt="On the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans prepares for flooding as Hurricane Harvey makes its way to Louisiana." sizes="(min-width: 1086px) 1086px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2017/08/29/harvey-now-threatens-louisiana-12-years-to-the-day-after-hurricane-katrina/new-orleansjpg.jpg.size.custom.crop.320x213.jpg 320w, https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2017/08/29/harvey-now-threatens-louisiana-12-years-to-the-day-after-hurricane-katrina/new-orleansjpg.jpg.size.custom.crop.480x320.jpg 480w, https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2017/08/29/harvey-now-threatens-louisiana-12-years-to-the-day-after-hurricane-katrina/new-orleansjpg.jpg.size.custom.crop.640x427.jpg 640w, https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2017/08/29/harvey-now-threatens-louisiana-12-years-to-the-day-after-hurricane-katrina/new-orleansjpg.jpg.size.custom.crop.800x534.jpg 800w, https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2017/08/29/harvey-now-threatens-louisiana-12-years-to-the-day-after-hurricane-katrina/new-orleansjpg.jpg.size.custom.crop.1086x725.jpg 1086w" data-reactid="159"/></div><figcaption data-reactid="160"><!-- react-text: 161 -->On the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans prepares for flooding as Hurricane Harvey makes its way to Louisiana.<!-- /react-text --><span class="image__credit" data-reactid="162"><!-- react-text: 163 -->  (<!-- /react-text --><span class="image__credit__source" data-reactid="164"><!-- react-text: 165 -->SHAWN FINK<!-- /react-text --><span data-reactid="166"> / </span><!-- react-text: 167 -->AFP/Getty Images<!-- /react-text --></span><!-- react-text: 168 -->)<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 169 -->  <!-- /react-text --></span></figcaption></figure><div data-reactid="170"><p>&#x201c;We have offered to stand up shelters specifically for individuals who would be transported out of Texas, so that they could be housed in shelters in Louisiana, particularly in north Louisiana, in the Shreveport area,&#x201d; he said at a news conference in Baton Rouge. Edwards said he expects Texas officials to decide within 48 hours whether to accept the offer.</p><p>Later, in Lake Charles, Edwards urged people to remain alert but said the state is responding well to less severe conditions in its own borders.</p></div><!-- react-empty: 171 --><div data-reactid="172"><p>&#x201c;You never know what Mother Nature is going to throw at us, but with the people in this room, I&#x2019;m confident we can handle it,&#x201d; he told local and state officials.</p><p>Some New Orleans neighbourhoods flooded earlier this month during a deluge that exposed problems with the city&#x2019;s pump and drainage system. On Tuesday, rains flooded a few of the city&#x2019;s streets.</p><p>The city&#x2019;s public schools were closed, along with six universities and a medical school. A ceremony and march in New Orleans to commemorate the deadly 2005 storm was postponed until Sunday.</p><p>For many others, it was largely business as usual.</p><p>&#x201c;I can&#x2019;t afford not to open,&#x201d; said Jerry Roppolo, 65, owner of a popular coffee house where water often creeps over the sidewalk and up to the threshold during heavy rains.</p><p>The shop in the Carrollton neighbourhood is usually bustling but was slow Tuesday. Roppolo attributed that to the school closures. &#x201c;A lot of the parents come in on the way to school, on the way from school,&#x201d; he said.</p><p>About 500 people were evacuated in southwest Louisiana&#x2019;s most populous parish overnight, as a heavy band of rain pushed waterways out of their banks, Calcasieu Parish spokesman Tom Hoefer said. He said as many as 5,000 parish residents are affected by the flooding, but not all of those people have flooded homes. 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