Dramatic footage captured by a television channel in Louisiana shows the moment a woman and her dog were saved from a auto sinking in flood waters.
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The woman could be heard calling to Phung and another man aboard the boat just as the tail end of the vehicle was disappearing into the waters in Baton Rouge.
Heartstopping video footage shows two men desperately trying to save a woman from her vehicle as it sinks underwater in the high water. She pleads with Phung to get her dog, but he can’t find it.
All of this was caught on camera.
She then attempts to dive as the man, who appears to have his arm underwater searching for the pooch, says: “I can’t get the dog”.
Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi suffered heavy rains on Friday leading to bad floods that claimed the lives of 3 residents. Emergency crews are busy looking for people displaced from their homes. And in many places, the water was still rising, with days expected before rivers were expected to crest.
Several roads were shut down in various counties and at least five people were rescued in the small town of Osyka in Pike County, just over the border with Louisiana, CNN affiliate WJTV reported.
The floods killed at least three people on Friday, local media reported. “We’re still in response mode”, Edwards said, urging residents to heed warnings to evacuate and be prepared for a disaster that could last for several days.
Roads that had never flooded were under water, he said, adding there was a backlog of people waiting to be rescued. “Don’t get out and sightsee”, Mr Edwards said. Michael Martin, head of operations of the St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office, said that rescue efforts were sent to help affected residents. “It has not stopped at all today”.
More than 100 residents were evacuated to a shelter at a high school, according to Martin. Some areas got even more rain.
The area recorded 10 to 15 inches (25.4 to 38.1 cm) of rain, David Roth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told AFP. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
The system is expected to turn to the north Sunday and portions of central and northern Louisiana could see heavy rain into next week.
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The governor toured flood-ravaged areas by helicopter later Saturday after rivers and creeks burst their banks and warned Louisiana residents it would be too risky to venture out even after the rains start to subside. The state’s emergency management office called it a “historic flood event”.
