Published: August 12,2016
The National Guard has deployed high water vehicles to make rescues in St. Helena Parish, WWLT reports. Tangipahoa Parish officials told the Baton Rouge Advocate that about 75 people have been saved from flooded homes so far. Water rescues have also been reported in Centreville, Mississippi, according to the National Weather Service.
Numerous schools have been closed across Louisiana after hours of heavy rain were too much for waterways in the region, such as the Tickfaw River, which reached a record flood stage of 13.33 feet at Liverpool
Flooding in Centreville, Mississippi, Friday morning. (Sherry Jefferson)
Officials in St. Charles Parish declared a state of emergency. Flash flood emergencies were issued for Pike County and parts of Amite and Wilkinson counties in Mississippi and in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.
Interstate 55 southbound was closed in St. Helena Parish Friday morning due to flooding, the Louisiana Department of Transportation reported, as was state route 427 in both directions in downtown Baton Rouge.
Up to 10 inches of rain had fallen in some locations across the region by Friday morning. The heavy rain will continue over Louisiana and Mississippi through at least Saturday morning, said weather.com meteorologist Tom Moore.
"It's going to going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better," Moore said.
Greensburg, LA under a Flash Flood Emergency. Town is surrounded by creeks & could be cut off. Very dangerous.
“Within two hours it was flooded,” St. Charles resident Tiffany Jackson told Fox 8. “It went from master bedroom to my son’s bedroom to the hallway to the kitchen to the bathroom, and every time I swept it up it just kept coming back in."
All schools in St. James, St. Helena, Tangipahoa and Livingston parishes were closed Friday, WBRZ reports. Washington Parish public schools were also closed, according to WDSU.
One of the hardest-hit areas in Lousiana Thursday was in Donaldsonville. Social media images there showed widespread street flooding, especially in residential areas, and cars that were trapped in the floodwaters, especially in Donaldsonville.
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Heavy rains caused street flooding in Denham Springs, Lousiana, Friday morning. (Jordan Grove)
"It came down a lot," Scott said. "You can see the water line on the house."
More than 8,000 Entergy customers were without power in southern Louisiana and Mississippi Thursday evening, according to WBRZ.Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Tonight on @WBRZ at 5, heavy rains cause big flooding problems in Donaldsonville. Details in minutes @SWeatherspoon
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