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Rising Floodwaters Leave Thousands Homeless in Louisiana

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN             Members of the Louisiana Army National Guard load 3-month-old baby Ember Blount onto a truck as they rescue people from rising
MAX BECHERER                  floodwater near Walker, La., after heavy rains inundated the region, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016.
Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) —                                                                                                                                                               (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
Robert and Gwen Arce-
neaux endured a sleepless
night Sunday after noticing
floodwater creeping into
their home — in a neigh-
borhood that had never
seen water before.
They gathered up their
dogs and a few bags of
belongings and fled out
the back door, eventu-
ally wading through waist-
deep water to a passing
National Guard truck. Now
safe at a movie studio-lot-
turned-shelter their worries
weren’t over, as they tried
to get medication for Rob-
ert, who suffers from lung
cancer.“We need to get
somewhere safer,” Gwen
said, as her dogs panted
heavily under the hot sun.

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