Most residents of southeastern Louisiana’s Livingston Parish, in the Baton Rouge area, are facing total loss after days of deadly, devastating flooding, according to a local official.
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Massive floods moved downriver in south Louisiana Monday, leaving some residents to begin th…
Beginning Friday, a torrent of about 2 feet of rain inundated the southern part of the state over a 48-hour period, and days later many homes and businesses were still underwater.
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate visited the area Tuesday, where he and Edwards announced that eight parishes – Acadia, Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberia, Lafayette, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry and Vermilion – had been added to the federal disaster declaration. Communities included in the warning as already experiencing or expected to experience flooding are Baton Rouge, Zachary, Baker, Denham Springs, Gonzales, Donaldsonville, Plaquemine, Port Allen, New Roads, Krotz Springs, Melville, Oak Hills Place, far northern portions of Reserve, far northern portions of LaPlace, St. Gabriel, Walker, Gramercy, Addis, Lutcher and Brusly.
More than 3,300 guardsmen are assisting in the efforts, the guard said.
Seven deaths have been reported and more than 20,000 have had to be rescued since Friday in some of the worst flooding the state has ever seen.
Over 20,000 people have been rescued with more than 8,000 in shelters.
Torrential rains have caused widespread flooding in parts of southern Louisiana. It’s a tractor trailer equipped with metal cages, generator, battery power and a cleaning station.
Strain says pets that arrived with patients at the LSU critical-needs shelter are being taken to Dixon Correctional Institute for safe sheltering.
At least eight deaths are being attributed to heavy flooding throughout the state of Louisiana, with the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday describing the ongoing situation as a “very large disaster”.
The death toll from historic flooding in the U.S. state of Louisiana went up to eight on today, as the expanding flood zone prompted authorities to declare disasters in a dozen parishes.
“Nobody has been forgotten”, Edwards said. “I am grateful that the federal government has added additional parishes to this disaster declaration”.
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jon Tatroe evacuates people from an assisted living home in Baton Rouge on August 14. The water line on a mirror showed that he had more than 5 feet of water inside his home. People have filled sandbags to protect their houses, bracing for the worst as high water flows toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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Residents are evacuated from floodwaters in Baton Rouge on August 14. “Most residents will qualify for some disaster relief from [FEMA]”.
