RadioOnFire.com - Historic flooding that killed six people and forced more than 20,000 sometimes harrowing rescues continued to sweep across southern Louisiana on Monday as the region braced for ever higher waters.
More than 12,000 people were staying in shelters and 40,000 homes and businesses were without power, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday. The Amite River, one of several rivers and creeks that poured over its banks, crested Monday in Baton Rouge but was still rising south of capital, the National Weather Service said.
"These rivers won't recede below their banks for a few days, and it will take several days for waters to recede," National Weather Service hydrologist Jeff Gaschel told USA TODAY.
Parts of southern Louisiana and Mississippi were hammered by up to 25 inches of rain late last week. The sun reemerged Monday, but water was everywhere. And the threat of showers remained.
Source USA Today
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