“UNPRECEDENTED” FLOODING IN LOUISIANA LEAVES THOUSANDS STRANDED – IOTW Report

“UNPRECEDENTED” FLOODING IN LOUISIANA LEAVES THOUSANDS STRANDED

Regated: At least three people are dead and many, many more are stranded following flooding in Louisiana that began late last week and has been described by the National Weather Service as a “once-in-a-century weather event”.  Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has referred to the flooding as “historic” and “unprecedented”.

The Governor called for a state of emergency.  On Saturday, during a press conference he said: “This is certainly not over” “The rain continues to fall in the areas that have been most impacted already.  We don’t know how wide the water is going to get in these areas.”

The Associated Press reports that Baton Rouge received as much as 11 inches of rain in a 24 hour period between Friday and Saturday.  MORE

16 Comments on “UNPRECEDENTED” FLOODING IN LOUISIANA LEAVES THOUSANDS STRANDED

  1. My wife and I grew up in this area. This is a 500 yr flood and there has never been flooding like this.

    In 1983 I was 10 and there was a horrendous flood and nothing like that has happened since, until now. In the 1983 flood the waters came halfway up half into our front yard and stayed out of our house. This childhood home now has water 4-5 ft in it with this flood.

    This is unreal. There are 3 parishes (our version of counties) covered in water.

    Almost all of our friends we stay in touch with are flooded and they are spread out through 2 parishes. The total area that is comparable to Katrina. We have friends in their boats pulling people out of homes for 48 hrs. Out of attics and 2nd levels.

    The media is not covering this like they covered Katrina. Go to youtube and see some videos.

    I’ll be going down there (I live in DFW, TX) when the water recedes to help friends and family gut their homes before mold sets in.

  2. “historic” and “unprecedented”.?
    I guess were are erasing the history books and starting over….
    The flood of 1927 covered 28,400 sq mi which were home to more than 931,000 people. And we are still recovering from a flood in North Louisiana earlier this year that was worse then Baton Rouge……

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