Ongoing rain and storms in south Louisiana have caused widespread flooding unlike some officials say they’ve ever seen before. Emelie Gunn reports…:
Entergy reports over 7-thousand outages in Louisiana. A flash flood warning has been issued for Tangipahoa, Washington, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Landry, Vermillion, and Lafayette parishes until Monday.
A 68-year-old man from Zachary drowned today while he was trying to escape floodwaters at his home, according to reports. Adam Einck with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says in just 6 hours agents have rescued over 100 people and pets, and the efforts are ongoing:
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Einck says there is a stalled out system sitting on top of us and it’s producing lots of rain in a short amount of time.
Frank Reviette with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says unfortunately, this system is churning very slowly, and the rain will continue into Saturday. Almost the entire bottom half of the state is under a flash flood watch through Saturday evening. He says there might be some slight progression to the northwest into the weekend…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency.