Hurricane Harvey Louisiana: Beauregard Parish Residents Advised To Evacuate

MERRYVILLE, LA — Residents living along the Sabine River are being advised to evacuate as Harvey flooding continues to wreak havoc on the region, the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Parish Police Jury President Rusty Williamson strongly recommended residents living near the river flee, the sheriff's office said. A shelter is available at the Merryville First Baptist Church Family Life Center in Merryville.

Evacuation is not mandatory for any areas in the parish, including Merryville. (For more information on Harvey-related evacuations and other Louisiana stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Residents are asked to obtain emergency response-related information from government organizations, including Facebook pages and websites.

Flash Flood Warning continues for DeRidder LA, Leesville LA, Vinton LA until 8:15 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/N5axkzu8ku
— NWS Lake Charles (@NWSLakeCharles) August 30, 2017

• Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office (www.beauregardparishsheriff.org)
• Department City of DeRidder (www.cityofderidder.org)
• Beauregard Parish Police Jury (www.beauparish.org)
• Town of Merryville (www.merryville.us)

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles extended a flash flood warning for western Beauregard Parish until 8:15 PM Central time Wednesday. Flash flooding was already happening.

Other locations that the agency said would experience flooding include Leesville, Vinton, Rosepine, Anacoco, Singer, Fort Polk, DeRidder, De Quincy, Slagle, Starks and Fields.

Parish officials said road closures in the area include:

• Eric Green Road
• Woodland Road
• Charles Duttry Road
• Shirley Loop
• Longville Road
• First Pentecostal Church Road
• Camp Edgewood Road
• Briar Marsh Road
• Hunt Road
• Greentown Road
• Morrow Bridge Road
• Douglas Lacy Road
• Longville Gravel Road
• Harrington Loop
• Hopewell Church Road
• Pumpkin Loop
• South Smokey Cove Road
• Clarks Landing Road
• Spillway Road
• Dogwood Trail West
• Surf Side Road
• Turps Road
• Sand Lake Road
• Old River Road at John Smith Road
• State Route 111 at .5 mp
• State Route 394 at Gene Nothnagel Road
• State Route 394 at Wilborn Crossing Road
• State Route 113 at Three Bridges Parish Line Road
• Bob Ensminger Road
• Longville Church Road
• East End of Harrington Drive
• Loftin Road
• Franklin Road
• Jack Nelson Road
• Massey Road
• Hickman Road
• Robert Myers Road
• Morris Road
• Maul Road
• Dude Slaydon Loop at Warden Road
• Robert Clark Road
• Every road west of Highway 190 and Highway 389
• North Foster Road
• Highway 190 West at TX/LA line
• Nichols Sibley – West End
• Whidden Road
• Fred Spikes Road
• Seth Cole Road
• Neal Oilfield Road
• Chester Davis Road
• South Mennonite Road
• Bannister Road
• Ragel Road
• Red Head Creek Road
• Whittington Road
• Mitchell Loop
• Magnolia Church Road
• Texas Eastern Road
• Hoffpauir Road
• Habetz Road
• Mouth of the Creek Road
• Schuetz Road near Pershing Loftin Road
• Bill Gilbert Road
• Old River Road at Will Boyer Road
• Nichols Sibley Road
• Edward Pickering Road
• North Planer Mill Road
• Wingate Road
• Hauser Road
• Kad Ford Road
• Rea Road
• Lonnie Cole
• Newt Hodges Road
• Conway Rosteet
• Wingate Road
• Beehive Loop
• Clifford Cooley Road
• Lane Road
• Vallery Road
• Glendale Road
• Pleasant Hill Road
• Graybow Road
• Williams Road
• Green Road
• Wardline Road
• Shuetz Road
• Sandy Loop
• Pullem Branch

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