Water inches closer to Louisiana homes

Sunday, May 22, 2011

BUTTE LAROSE, La. -- The final wave of holdouts has mostly packed up and left this town as water from the swollen Atchafalaya River inched toward their homes, their frustration and hope painted on signs outside their now-abandoned homes.

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