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A school bus driver in Iowa, Louisiana had quite the day yesterday as they were attempting to drive down a flooded street and became stuck.

Sunny skies and a very brisk northerly breeze will greet you later today. That's a welcome change from yesterday's storms.

Acadiana experienced some serious flooding today, and some of the worst of it happened on Ambassador Caffery. KATC's Daniel Philips took issue while watching folks on live traffic cameras driving through these flood waters, and he decided to let them know about it...in what was the most entertaining and hilarious part of most of our days.

As severe weather pounds Acadiana, roads are flooding just about everywhere you turn. Stay off the roads by all means. Some severe flooding is happening on Ambassador Caffery as you'll see in this listener submitted video.

Numerous photos and videos of the flooding in Lafayette on May 3, 2017

The parish continues recovery from flooding and wind damage.

Here's what the locals know about getting around and getting along in Acadiana.

There were several reports of hail. There were, even more, reports of heavy rainfall and flooding. There were reports of strong gusty winds. Sadly, there were reports of fatalities. This is all in conjunction with a well-anticipated storm system that is currently moving out of Acadiana and into Southeastern Louisiana and Southwest Mississippi...

Rainfall amounts in excess of three inches will be common across much of South Louisiana over the holiday weekend into early next week.

There is a significant flood threat for the area at least through Monday afternoon.

Flood relief money isn't rushing into Louisiana as fast as the water did. However, today should indicate where the first trickle of relief should be going.

Gov. John Bel Edwards is looking to garner support for another $4 billion in flood recovery funding from the federal government.

It was the fifth driest October on record for the state of Louisiana. The outlook for November seems to indicate more of the same.

A 21 member task force has been created to help Louisiana citizens recover from two major flooding events in 2016.

Facebook users have been copying and pasting a status update that lists the ten things we learned from the recent flooding in South Louisiana.

Westside Elementary was devastated by flooding.

Volunteers are needed for Sunday.

There is still water on the roadway, so only one lane in each direction is open near exit 80 in the Crowley area.

2.2 trillion gallons of water fell on Acadiana since Friday. That's almost 1 1/2 the size of Lake Pontchartrain!

The detour applies to through traffic, but local drivers are able to use the interstate at this time.