NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana State University’s dental school in New Orleans is closed because a basement flooded over the weekend, shutting down the computer network and phone system.
LSU Health Sciences Center spokeswoman Leslie Capo says heavy rains on Saturday left 1½ feet (about half a meter) of water in the basement of the main buildings. She said the dental school and main clinic would remain closed Tuesday.
The main clinic sees hundreds of patients a day. A much smaller clinic across the street remained open.
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But because the computer network was down, dental clinic staffers did not have any way to reach patients to tell them appointments were canceled.
Capo says in a news release that the school and clinic hope to reopen Wednesday.
4.22 inches of water fell over the metro New Orleans area in a single hour, causing many roadways to flood, the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board said.