The statistical chance of such flooding occurring in any given year is 1%, the weather service said.
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Some areas, such as the town of Zachary, received more than 2 feet of rain in the 48-hour period that ended Saturday morning.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), who was one of the lawmakers to write letters to Obama in support of governor Edwards request, released a statement, saying: “As people continue to be evacuated, we must do everything to help”. Three people have died in the floods and one person is reported missing, while about 20,000 were rescued over the weekend. And finding points from which to safely launch boats has been hard.
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A flooded home is seen in St. Amant, Louisiana, U.S., August 15, 2016. He said that up to 30 counties could receive the declaration before the disaster has passed.
Officials reported that hundreds of roads, most in the southern parts of the state, were closed due to flooding. Mike Steele, communications director for the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, told Weather.com that 160 high-water vehicles were used to rescue stranded motorists Sunday night, along with 35 watercraft. Dozens of people remained in a shelter in Natchetz.
Food, Hubert said, is not needed.
Anna took several pictures around her neighbourhood showing roads and residential areas covered in flood water as well as her former high school. “Some members of the Jewish community of Baton Rouge also “have seen major devastation”, said the appeal for the fundraising drive, which has a $25,000 goal”.
State officials say 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes and more than 10,000 people are in shelters after a slow-moving storm system dumped almost 2 feet of rain in some areas.
The US president’s orders make federal aid available in the parishes of East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St Helena and Tangipahoa.
Historic flooding that killed five people and forced more than 20,000 sometimes harrowing rescues continued to sweep across southern Louisiana on Monday as the region braced for ever higher waters.
The flood waters were expected to linger. The flood state is 10 feet.
In and around Baton Rouge, many were anxious to check on damage.
Parts of southern Louisiana and MS were hammered by up to 25 inches of rain late last week. EBRP Emergency Management Director JoAnne Moreau says that the body of an elderly man was recovered. The floods have crippled the city and left over 40,000 residential homes and commercial businesses powerless. In Crosby, Miss., more than 50 people flooded out of a neighborhood will be housed Natchez shelter until at least Monday.
The American Red Cross in Louisiana – Red Cross has set up shelters, which provides meals for evacuees as well as a dry place to sleep. I got a late text that my brother and two nieces were displaced and then another text that said they were “ok.'” This is not the first time Miles and his team have had to deal with mother nature during fall practice, as Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in United States history, struck Louisiana back in 2005. Jeff Gaschel, a hydrologist for the National Weather Service, said some areas of the Amite River won’t crest until Monday. “The river and the creeks will probably continue to rise”.
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The Amite River at Denham Springs was at 43.5 feet Monday after reaching 46.2 feet.
