Residents-only of Delacroix Island in eastern St. Bernard are being allowed back to their homes if they are in high-water vehicles; roads had been closed because of water caused by the winds on Saturday;

Sheriff James Pohlmann said on Sunday night residents-only of Delacroix Island in eastern St. Bernard were being allowed back to their homes if they are in high-water vehicles.

The roads at Delacroix Island, where most people live in raised homes because they are outside the hurricane protection levee system, had been under water all day because of heavy winds on Saturday, the sheriff said.

Roads at Yscloskey were open again Sunday night after also have much of that area under water on Sunday, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

The Sheriff’s Office has a checkpoint at the junction of the roads leading to Delacroix Island and Yscloskey.