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.

The St. Mary Levee Director preemptively closed a floodgate to protect Terrebonne and Lafourche from a swollen Mississippi River.

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 ...

The seasons on the bayous of Louisiana are not necessarily summer ... Lower south is the epic, lush, Amazon-like Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes, and Isle de Jean Charles, an island cut off from the ...

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Since then, extensive work has been done to block that path, she said. Specifically, the Bayou Chene Floodgate in Morgan City being closed gives Terrebonne Parish residents peace of mind.