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Louisiana Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Flooding

BILL FULLER                     Water creates a current across W. Oak Street in Amite, La., as motorists try to navigate the high waters from storms pounding Tan-
JEFF AMY                        gipahoa Parish, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. Heavy downpours pounded parts of the central U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday, forcing the rescue
Associated Press                of dozens of people stranded in their homes by waist-high water and leaving dead one man who was trapped by floodwaters.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) —
Heavy downpours pound-                                                                                                                          (Ted Jackson/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
ed parts of the central U.S.
Gulf Coast on Friday, forc-
ing the rescue of dozens of
people stranded in homes
by waist-high water and
leaving one man dead
who became trapped by
floodwaters.Louisiana Gov.
John Bel Edwards declared
a state of emergency as
rescue workers in the south-
eastern part of the state
braced for more precipita-
tion through the weekend.
Edwards was scheduled to
return to Louisiana later Fri-
day to deal with the situa-
tion. He had been in Colo-
rado for a meeting of the
Democratic Governors As-
sociation.

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