St. Charles Parish President Matthew Jewell has declared a State of Emergency as hundreds of residents clean up after flash floods.

Destrehan and Norco took the brunt of heavy rains Thursday night, flooding hundreds of homes, Jewell said while touring the damage on Friday afternoon.

The water on Ormond Boulevard was several feet deep. Some compared the event to the floods of May 1995.

Neighborhoods on both sides of the boulevard saw water pour into homes. On Thomas Coby Drive, near Destrehan High School, water began rising and entered the majority of the homes on the street.

Rising floodwaters kept the Kenny family up almost all night.

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