“But, you know, eventually you do kind of get to a point where you ask Mother Nature: What more can you do to us?” We are a very strong population,” Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter said after May’s flooding.

The repeated disasters have taken a toll. Lake Charles has been hit by three federally declared weather disasters in the last year, including Hurricanes Delta, Laura, and Winter Storm Viola.* At the end of May it was once again hit with a once-in-a-century rainstorm, causing widespread flooding. Just 10 miles from the bridge where Biden gave his speech, the Greinwich Terrace neighborhood of Lake Charles has been slated by the state of Louisiana for optional buyouts - a program where the government will buy property that is frequently affected by flooding, allowing the residents to relocate out of harm’s way. needs to “build back in a way that all we build is better able to withstand storms.”īut sometimes, the best way to build back better might be to just pick up and build elsewhere. “The people of Louisiana always have picked themselves up, just like America always picks itself up,” he said, adding that the U.S. With the aging bridge in the background, he spoke about the hurricanes that have battered the town over the last year, emphasizing the need for infrastructure to adapt to the increasing severity of storms influenced by climate change. In early May, President Joe Biden stood in front of the 70-year old Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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