“I’ve seen flooded roads I’ve never seen before”, said spokesman Brooks David of the Louisiana State Police.
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The governor says more than 1,000 people have been rescued and two people have died in the floods. There are two confirmed deaths while nearly 1,000 people have been rescued from the high waters.
Flash flood warnings are still in effect for southeast Louisiana as more rain is in the forecast.
Governor Edward has described the flooding as more unsafe than the one occurred in March when at least four people were found dead and thousands of homes and properties suffered important damages throughout the state. It was one of thousands of rescues after a deluge dropped more than a foot of rain on parts of Louisiana, submerging roads, cars and homes. Edwards urged all residents who have been asked to evacuate to do so, saying that it is risky and resource-draining when people who could have evacuated beforehand require rescue missions later.
Flash flood warnings were in effect again Saturday for portions of south-central Louisiana and southwest MS, with an additional two to five inches of rain possible, meteorologists said.
Angrum was forced to call for help on Friday morning when she discovered that her family was trapped inside their home by floodwater. “The vehicle will be recovered once flood waters recede”.
“No, she better not be (gone)”, the woman said.
But when Graves, 37, who lives with her husband, Eric, and daughter, Abigail, woke up at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, the water was rising fast.
In southwest Mississippi, Leroy Hansford, his wife and stepson were among those rescued near Gloster, which had more than 14 inches of rain, when the nearby Beaver Creek rose quickly overnight. Among them, a man in the Louisiana town of Zachary, near the capital Baton Rouge, who drowned trying to escape flood waters.
“We haven’t been rescuing people”. More than 100 pets had also been rescued. Just before 2 p.m., National Weather Service radar picked up bands of heavy rain that are expected to bring rain of 1 to 4 inches across the region, and even heavier rain in the western portions of south Louisiana.
The threat of heavy rain would expand westward with “at least a slight risk of flash flooding tonight over a large area from the southern plains to the mid-Mississippi/Ohio valleys and even the Northeast”, the National Weather Service said.
More rain fell Friday, but Johnson said those rainfall totals weren’t available Saturday morning.
National Weather forecaster Donald Jones said beginning Friday, six to 10in of rain fell on parts of Louisiana and an additional four to six inches was possible Saturday afternoon.
A Louisiana firefighter escorts a family to safety following the community’s flood.
Across Louisiana, at least two people have died and more than 1,000 people have been rescued from flooding.
His home in the hard-hit area of Tangipahoa Parish hasn’t taken any water.
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge announced that the school is closed. According to Governor John Bel Edwards, the storm is not over.
Water got into the governor’s mansion, and Edwards said the electricity has been turned off as a precaution.
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“This is a major disaster”, the governor said at a news conference Saturday.
