Emergency crews already have rescued more than 20,000 people and continued to search for more after a storm dumped more than 2 feet (61 cm) of rain in three days.
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Some cities, like Baton Rouge, started door-to-door checks on residents.
Key says when he saw the damage he “cried uncontrollably”. While lowering the rescue swimmer onto a back porch of the second story, Lt. Hennebery said they were anxious about the wind.
Catastrophic flooding has swallowed swaths of Louisiana in a deluge that the governor calls “unprecedented”.
“We’re just keeping them right here in the neighborhood, and we are all going to be working right here with them, cleaning it out”, Mr. Cutrer said.
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Flood water inundated the small town of Sorrento early Tuesday morning, washing over portions of several state highways and making them impassable, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s office reported.
As a result, federal aid is now available to the parishes of East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. Helena and Tangipahoa, which are those areas hit hardest by the floods.
Officials painted a stark picture of the crisis so far: at least 40,000 homes damaged and 10 people killed in some of the worst flooding in Louisiana history, touched off by as much as 2 feet of rain in 48 hours.
Another man, Samuel Muse, 54, of Greensburg died Friday after floodwaters swept his vehicle off the road, CNN affiliate WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge reported. Meteorologist Ken Graham of the National Weather Service’s office in Slidell, near New Orleans, said forecasters had alerted people days ahead of the rain. His wife said she felt pangs of “survivor guilt”, knowing that their home was probably still dry while so many neighbors had flood damage.
“Our state is now experiencing a historic flooding event that is breaking every record”, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said in a statement late on Monday (local time).
More than 15,000 people have been rescued from floodwaters in the parish since the storms began Friday and more were still ongoing Monday even as the water was draining in some areas.
“People have lost their homes, cars, are out of work, and need food, clothing and shelter”, read the fundraising appeal posted Monday by the Baton Rouge Beit Chabad, which opened previous year, on its website. Flood stage is 20 feet.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will hold a press conference at noon Eastern and provide an update on the flooding.
Authorities worked throughout Sunday to rescue people from cars stranded on a miles-long stretch of Interstate 12.
Retired LSU football and basketball announcer Jim Hawthorne has been rescued from his Baton Rouge home amid catastrophic flooding in southern Louisiana.
Shoes, children’s toys and household items floated through knee-deep water outside his home.
Thousands of people are living in shelters after rising waters forced them to flee their homes in southern Louisiana.
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Rivers and creeks are still dangerously bloated south of Baton Rouge.
