Eventually, Gibson made it out along with her dogs, to be rescued by National Guard soldiers on a boat.
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Flood stage for the Vermillion River is 10 feet, the level recorded Saturday morning was 16.4 feet, and it is expected to rise to 18.4 feet, a 100-year flood level.
Despite being inundated, no residents in the parish had been killed by the water, Ricks said.But Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard said rescue personnel were having trouble reaching some residents. “This is not a mandatory evacuation, but it’s absolutely urgent”, Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks said at a news conference Saturday. This situation has led the governor to declare the state of emergency in Louisiana on Friday, which is supposed to be enforced until September 10th.
Heavy flood waters swamped not just Louisiana but also southern Mississippi. The Red Cross is providing food and water to about 16 shelters open across the region.
Officials have not released the name of the woman. On Saturday authorities in St. Helena Parish on Saturday rescued a man hanging on to a tree in floodwaters but found the body of his wife upstream, the sheriff’s office said.
“We have reports of people in attics, people on rooftops”, he said.
Angrum said her family probably lost most of their possessions, including two cars and the new school clothes she purchased for her daughter.
Tolliver said most of the buildings in Crosby sustained water damage.
Corrects spelling of county to Wilkinson.
LSU has canceled its football “Fan Day” and media day due to the continued rain and flooding across south Louisiana.
The events were both scheduled to be held on campus on Sunday.
In addition to the three confirmed deaths, Edwards said, at least one person is missing.
John Mitchell, a 23-year-old Louisiana resident, was forced to swim to safety with his girlfriend and her one-year-old daughter.
Mitchell feared that he lost their trailer home and his auto, which was flooded up to the seats.
“We haven’t been rescuing people; we’ve been rescuing subdivisions”, he said.
“No, she better not be”, the woman said. Another man died in St. Helena Parish when his pickup truck was swept off a flooded highway and submerged under water.
Matey says the highway was covered by several feet of water and Muse’s vehicle was not visible. The flooding was so serious in one Louisiana town that caskets were unearthed from a cemetery. “We’ve been rescuing subdivisions”, he said.
Flash flood warnings are still in effect for southeast Louisiana as more rain is in the forecast.
There are parts of I-10, I-12 and I-55 that have been closed to traffic.
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.
Edwards said that he was not sure how much worse the flooding would become. “You need to heed these warnings”, he said. About 210 people have been rescued in the named parish.
The National Weather Service says the same system that is now affecting parts of Louisiana dumped heavy rainfall on coastal Alabama this week. “Get out of there”, he said. Dauphin Island got 5.26 inches during the same period. Flash flood warnings are in place in both Louisiana and MS, as weather forecasters warn that the heaviest rain is yet to come, and will make landfall on Saturday afternoon through Sunday.
During an aerial tour, an Associated Press reporter saw homes that looked like little islands among flooded fields in parts of rural Tangipahoa Parish.
Edwards spokesman Richard Carbo said the governor returned to Louisiana on Friday because of the flooding. He had been in Colorado for a policy meeting of the Democratic Governors Association but left early because of the storm.
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The governor and his family have relocated to a state police facility in the Baton Rouge area, and his home in the hard-hit area of Tangipahoa Parish hasn’t taken any water.
