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Due to power outages across the city and at many of Port Arthur Independent School District campuses, the district said all campuses will be closed to students on Wednesday.

All employees are still expected to report to their campuses and departments by 9 a.m. Wednesday.

School will resume at regular start times Thursday.

STAR testing will also resume at that time.

The news is similar for other parts of the region.

Due to inclement weather, Lamar State College Port Arthur is delaying the start of classes by two hours today. Campus will be closed until 10 a.m.

The Nederland Independent School District announced bus schedules are delayed for 30 minutes on Wednesday.

“Only the bus schedules will be delayed,” the district announced.

The Port Neches-Groves Independent School District announced that the bad weather and rain might force bus routes to run a little behind schedule on Wednesday.

“This will NOT impact the start of school. Thank you,” the district stated on social media.

According to the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana, rainfall amounts are expected to range from 1 to 6 inches across the region, with locally higher amounts of up to 8 inches.

Most of the rain is expected today, with showers and storms tapering off Wednesday morning.

The greatest potential will be along/south of a Kountze to Opelousas line.