BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Severe weather swept through the Baton Rouge area Monday, causing power outages, school closures, flight delays, and road closures. Flight delays The Baton Rouge Airport reported winds of 43 mph with gusts up to 78 mph just before 7:30 a.m.. Two Amer ican Airlines flights were delayed until 10:30 a.m. due to the severe weather. AA5612 to Charlotte (originally scheduled for 7:22 a.m.). AA5627 to Washington, D.C. (originally scheduled for 7:00 a.m.). School disruptions The storm also affected multiple school districts: Pointe Coupee Parish: Livonia High School and Valverda Elementary School dismissed students early at 11 a.m. due to power outages. East Baton Rouge Parish (EBR) Schools: A few buses experienced slight delays. Villa del Rey briefly lost power but it was restored. Iberville Parish: North Iberville Elementary School and North Iberville High School switched to remote learning for a continuous learning day due to a power outage. Road closures and power outages Pointe Coupee Parish: Downed trees and power lines closed La Hwy 411. Livingston Parish: Multiple roads affected by downed trees and power lines, including: Highway 449 Bend Road Highway 63 Mack Road Oliver Wheat Road Miller Road Baton Rouge weather >> Your daily forecast Latest News GOP airs concerns — but treads lightly — over war plans Signal chat: 'It's just wrong' LSU women's basketball advances to Sweet 16 after win over Florida State, 101-71 5 takeaways from Trump officials war planning group chat breach Arizona yoga instructor missing after blind date Columbia student sues Trump admin over efforts to deport her ...read more read less