Lion Heart 15,041 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Deadly flooding in Louisiana has impacted at least 40,000 homes, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said during a Tuesday afternoon news conference, while 30,000 people and 1,000 pets have been rescued. 40,000 people have registered with FEMA for disaster assistance. At least 11 people have died in the floods. The governor expects close to 30 parishes to be declared disasters, CNN reports, nearly half of the state's 64 parishes. "We're going to have standing water all over south Louisiana," Edwards told CNN. Ascension Parish was one of those hit especially hard. Nearly a third of all the homes in the parish have after floodwater overtopped a levee along the Amite River, the Baton Rouge Advocate says. Parish officials estimate that as many as 15,000 homes and businesses have already been flooded, mostly in Galvez and St. Amant, the Advocate reports. "The next 24 to 48 hours is going to be a significant indication of just how much risk the parish remains in," Rick Webre, director of the parish Office of Homeland Security, said in an emergency statement. A Livingston Parish official estimated to the Associated Press that 75 percent of the homes in the parish, which contains about 138,000 people, were a "total loss." https://weather.com/news/weather/news/gulf-coast-deadly-flooding-thousands-rescued-evacuated-latest-news Some places have seen up to 30 inches of rain: (^ This need to be updated). More rain still expected in the coming days. Will post pictures of the devastation in a moment. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,998 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Horrible. My cousin lives in New Orleans but he used to live in Baton Rouge a couple of years ago and many of his friends from there lost everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro 8,438 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I actually live in the New Orleans area and we've been hit with mass amounts of rain the past few weeks. Our streets flooded bad a couple times the past few weeks, but nothing as historic as what happened in Denham Springs (which is, scarily about an hour drive from me). Spyro the Dragon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LePetitGAGABLover 21,234 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 138,000 PEOPLE?!?!!? Holy **** thats a lot Thats about the same population in my city, so I can see the magnitude of the problem. I'll pray for them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 National Guard vehicle overtaken by current (source unknown: viral on social media) Denham Springs 90% of the city flooded. 10,215 lived in the city . 128,000 live in the parish. It is estimated that 100,500 people in Livingston Parish have lost everything. Most of Livingston Parrish got more rainfall in 48 hours than Las Angeles has received since 2012. Full set: https://imgur.com/gallery/7wrcK#926j2KZ ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro 8,438 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 To anyone confused: Parishes = Counties Spyro the Dragon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,285 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 The storm system has moved over Texas and is going up the Midwest to Illinois and apparently they are afraid it will cause flooding in Illinois too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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