The basement of the mansion has flooded and the governor’s family was relocated to another place to live until the situation is resolved, officials said.
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He said other rivers are reaching record flood stages.
Many residents were caught off guard by how quickly the water rose.
In southwest Louisiana, the Mermentau (MER-men-tow) River is expected to rise 3 feet or more above the levees in Lake Arthur, a city of about 2,700. “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. He said the road is not flooded, but the median is too saturated to safely turn around.
“The National Weather Service can’t tell you what to do after it breaks the record”, Edwards said.
Torrential rains have caused record flooding in parts of the southern United States, officials said yesterday, with USA media reporting at least three deaths.
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“We have to reroute traffic, and we have a lot of motorists stranded”, Edwards said. “Even when the weather is better, it’s not safe”.
Louisiana Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson told Sunday’s media briefing there are 200 road closures across the state.
AS historic floods savage Louisiana state, dramatic footage shows a woman and her dog being rescued just moments before the vehicle becomes fully submergged.
“Oh my God, I’m drowning”, the woman can be heard saying from inside the auto, more than half-submerged in water.
As the auto continues to sink, the man quickly jumps into the high water and on top of the vehicle in a desperate bid to free the woman.
“Get my dog, get my dog”, she said, her frantic voice, choked with water. After several seconds, Phung took a deep breath, went underwater and resurfaced – with the small dog.
In the footage, the woman can be heard appealing for help as two-thirds of her convertible is already submerged. Military vehicles arrived just before midnight to rescue hundreds of people stuck on the interstate, most since 11 a.m. Saturday. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office reported that parts of Highway 22 from Mandeville to Tangipahoa Parish are also flooded. It said in tweets that campus streets were impacted by water.
“We’re coming, we’re coming”, a rescuer calls back. “It has not stopped at all today”.
Mike Steele of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said Sunday morning that there was an overnight spike in flood rescues in eastern Baton Rouge.
Pounding rains swamped parts of south-east Louisiana, leaving whole subdivisions and shopping centres looking isolated by flood waters, which have claimed at least three lives.
The Comite River near Baton Rouge and Amite River near Denham Springs, both in Louisiana, were predicted to set record crests over the weekend.
More rain fell Friday, but Johnson said those rainfall totals weren’t available Saturday morning.
Several Mississippi counties have states of emergency.
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Stranded residents have been pulled from cars and rooftops. The woman’s husband and mother-in-law clung to a tree for hours before being rescued Saturday, Martin added.
