BATON ROUGE: Louisiana faced epic flooding Monday, with seven people killed and thousands evacuated to emergency shelters after waterways in the southern part of the state overflowed their banks. Some areas have received more than 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain since late Thursday, submerging vast swaths of southern Louisiana in muddy waters. There were 14,000 people staying in shelters, mostly in the state capital Baton Rouge and surrounding communities, he said. Members of the Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge dumped water-damaged pews on a growing pile outside. In Plaquemines Parish, officials said two airboat teams working in East Baton Rouge rescued more than 200 people and pets over a 24-hour period.

Source: Manila Times August 16, 2016 06:11 UTC