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The Baton Rouge River Center served as a shelter for hundreds of displaced flood victims. With an estimated 146,000 [ 30 ] homes damaged in the flooding thousands of Louisianans were forced into shelters, with more than 11,000 in state-operated shelters. [ 31 ]
More than 20,000 people have been rescued after floods in Louisiana, and officials warned Sunday that even though the rain had subsided, dangers loomed.
Floods in Louisiana have killed at least 13 and displaced tens of thousand -- and the National Weather Service warned Thursday there could be more floods.
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Thursday to meet with officials in areas affected by severe flooding.
Major river flooding occurs in Amite River and Comite River, which experience their highest water levels since 1983. Homes are destroyed and swept away by flooding across the state. [10] In Zachary, a man is killed after a tornado knocks a tree onto his truck. [1] Damages from Tropical Storm Allison in Louisiana alone total to $65 million. [11]
English: TSgt Roger Butterfield, with the 259 Air Traffic Control Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, utilizes his skills as a full-time firefighter with the Lake Charles Fire Department to assist a flood evacuee that suffering from heat exhaustion at a shelter located at the Celtic Media Centre in Baton Rouge, La. on August 15, 2016.
[8] Fortune magazine noted, "In the midst of one of the most severe (yet least-reported) natural disasters in recent history, a homegrown volunteer rescue squad known as the Cajun Navy is providing badly needed relief in flood-ravaged Louisiana." [2] The Baton Rouge Advocate summed up the feelings of many when it wrote: "The heroes hailed from ...
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