Officials confirmed that there were two deaths in Livingston Parish, two in St. Helena, five in East Baton Rouge, three in Tangipahoa and one in Rapides Parish. Bringing the total to 13.

A state health official says there will be an increase threat of West Nile in the flooded areas of the state. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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Entergy says restoration efforts continue after the Great Flood of 2016, as customers affected by outages grows to new areas with the rising water. Over 12,000 customers are in the dark. DEMCO is working to get over 4600 back up.

The water is leaving Livingston Parish for the most part, but what the flood left behind is catastrophic. Parish-wide, officials say at least 75% of homes were impacted with 2 to 8 feet of water, but that figure could easily grow as this is still very much an ongoing situation. Denham Springs Mayor Gerard Landry says people are coming from all over the US to help:
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There were between 15,000-20,000 rescues made during this event.

If you’ve got lots of wet photos and documents from the flood, don’t toss them just yet. The State Archives Office says they could be salvaged. Archivist Doug Harrison specializes in preservation. He says if you cannot separate the paper items enough to air dry, you can wrap them in wax paper and put them in the freezer…:
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He says ideally pictures need to be air dried as soon as possible.