The closure of the 405-foot-long Bayou Chene floodgate is the first time the three-year-old structure has been used due to high water in the Atchafalaya, a St. Mary Parish levee official said.

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Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana (CNN)-- When Nazia Dardar looks at the seemingly endless lake of water behind her stilted bayou home, the 76-year-old sees what once was a farm. Cows roamed there ...

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