Backwater flooding from the cresting Atchafalaya River continued Monday to push high water into the Lake Verret Basin and Assumption Parish, federal river forecasters said. Forecast hydrologist ...

(WAFB) - Officials in Assumption Parish have closed all waterways in the parish to recreational traffic. They’ve also closed several roads as high water continues to threaten the community.

ASSUMPTION PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office has issued a high water advisory because of sightseers in areas creating wave wash. Deputies reported many parts of the ...

THIBODAUX -- Drinking water in Assumption Parish is considered contaminated with excess amounts of organic byproduct by federal standards, but poses no short-term health risk, officials said.