KAPLAN, La. — The National Weather service issued a flash flood warning as severe storms move across Acadiana.
Vermilion Parish among other parishes were under a severe thunderstorm warning Tuesday afternoon. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to the Kaplan and Gueydan area of the parish.
Despite the heavy rain, Sebastian Ferris, a Vermilion Parish native drove through the downpour to get to the gym.
“Coming from work to the gym it was pretty bad but I drove through it to get to the gym,” he said.
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Here are the outages being reported by Acadiana's utility companies as of 7:45 pm Tuesday:
Vermilion Parish
- Slemco: 34 customers without power.
- CLECO: 17 reported outages.
- Entergy: 492 customers without power.
