“I’d never thought I’d be going through something like this again”, said Airman First Class Jeremy Creer from New Orleans, with the 159th CES Civil Air Squadron.
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Some residents of Louisiana’s capital city have begun struggling to return to flood-damaged homes on foot, in cars and by boat as waters recede in some areas.
The Post says the flooding was another blow to Jayda Guidry, 48, who recently had lost her job at Walmart.
“We have never seen anything like this”. “Each year it just gets worse, but for us, this is just more of an inconvenience”.
Volunteers pull a boat with a woman and young child as they evacuate from their homes in Baton Rouge. The other death occurred in East Baton Rouge Parish. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue through the week.
GONZALES, La. (AP) – The heartbreaking task of sorting through waterlogged belongings and ripping out carpets and drywall is kicking into high gear Wednesday in flood-wracked southern Louisiana as the state faces a long-term challenge of how to house thousands of displaced people. Civilians helped out in some cases.
In one dramatic rescue in Baton Rouge captured on video, rescuers on a boat pulled a woman from a auto that had just slipped under water. Her mother and husband were rescued.
The three of them then make their way to the boat.
“The water was waist deep, so it’s iffy if I can take the sheet rock and insulation half way or have to go to the ceiling”, she said. “My kids were able to walk through the water”. Some flooding victims were rescued by helicopter.
More than 24 inches of rain have fallen since Wednesday in Livingston, near Baton Rouge, making the disaster an extremely rare weather event, according to the National Weather Service.
More than 3,300 guardsmen are assisting in the efforts, the guard said.
The death toll from historic flooding in Louisiana has climbed to 11, as the expanding flood zone prompted authorities to declare disasters in 20 parishes of the south-eastern U.S. state.
A Coast Guard helicopter prepares to land as members of the Louisiana Army National Guard arrive at a rally point with rescued people from rising floodwater near Walker, La., on August 14, after heavy rains inundated the region. “We’re going to have more than our share of mosquitoes”.
Over 11,000 residents signed up for disaster assistance, as the threat of flash flooding moved into Texas and Midwest. “That is made available to us as a result of the declaration”. Seven people were confirmed dead, Edmonson said, noting the toll could rise in coming days. Large rain events can actually reduce the number of disease-transmitting mosquitoes.
The parish has also been pushing back against rumors that their region’s six-diesel powered pumps have failed during the historic flooding. “It’s as high as I’ve ever seen it”.
Baker Police and Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested another eight people who were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. No other details were immediately released about how the men died.
With their homes largely intact, some of his neighbors consider themselves lucky.
“It’s like them being in a sea, an ocean, and wanting to even get close to them to throw out the life raft and I can’t”, said Prater.
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Resident Toni Denova just bought new furniture for her home but that’s not what anxious her. All she wants is to preserve her family photographs against the rising floodwater. “That’s all I really care about”, she said.
