Pelley this is our western edition. Louisiana is under a state of emergency tonight after intense storms dumped as much as three inches of rain an hour. Livingston, louisiana, got 17 inches, and its not over. At least one person is dead. Theres more flooding in mississippi and alabama. Omar villafranca is in amite city, louisiana. Reporter in tangipahoa parish, louisiana, rains f out businesses and entire neighborhoods. Motorists abandoned their vehicles and homeowners were forced to evacuate. My house is completely flooded and i have never flooded before. Reporter emergency crews went after those who couldnt get out on their own, using boats and highwater vehicles to take stranded neighbors and pets to higher ground. Residents chipped in. Where is all this water supposed to go reporter but in baton rouge, the rising floodwaters proved after he was swept away while trying to escape. Vernon drummond was his friend. He got over and he went under and didnt come back up. Reporter several d
Pelley this is our western edition. Louisiana is under a state of emergency tonight after intense storms dumped as much as three inches of rain an hour. Livingston, louisiana, got 17 inches, and its not over. At least one person is dead. Theres more flooding in mississippi and alabama. Omar villafranca is in amite city, louisiana. Reporter in tangipahoa parish, louisiana, rains flooded neighborhoods. Motorists abandoned their vehicles and homeowners were forced to evacuate. My house is completely flooded and i have never flooded before. Reporter emergency crews went after those who couldnt get out on their own, using boats and highwater vehicles to take stranded neighbors and pets to higher ground. Residents chipped in. Where is all this water supposed to go reporter but in baton rouge, the rising floodwaters proved deadly. After he was swept away while trying to escape. Vernon drummond was his friend. He got over and he went under and didnt come back up. Reporter several drivers in am
A quiz for you tonight. Do you recognize these faces . Golden even back then. Good evening on this very busy friday night. We begin with the deadly flooding. Cars washed away. Drivers rescued from rising waters. With blistering heat now moving in too. Authorities warning it could be life threatening. There is a state of emergency in louisiana tonight. An elderly driver washed off t Good Samaritans rushed in to save him. This school bus, you can see the front edge submerged there, children rescued. Tonight, there are flood alerts from the south all the way up through new england. And a short time ago, reports that five people were struck by lightning north of new york city. Three are in critical condition. Rob marciano with more on that. First, phillip mena on where the rescues are playing out. Reporter tonight, deep water south. In louisiana, more than a foot of rain in less than 12 hours. Floods powerful enough to sweep this tractor trailer right off interstate 10. Trapped residents c
Do you recognize these faces . Golden even back then. Good evening on this very busy friday night. We begin with the deadly flooding. Cars washed away. Drivers rescued from rising waters. With blistering heat now moving in too. Authorities warning it could be life threatening. There is a state of emergency in louisiana tonight. An elderly driver washed off the road. Good samaritan save him. This school bus, you can see the front edge submerged there, children rescued. Tonight, there are flood alerts from the south all the way up through new england. And a short time ago, reports that five people were struck by lightning north of new york city. Three are in critical condition. Rob marciano with more on that. First, phillip mena on where the rescues are playing out. Reporter tonight, deep water turning deadly in the deep of rain in less than 12 hours. Floods powerful enough to sweep this tractor trailer right off interstate 10. Trapped residents can only wait for help. You can see behind
Pelley louisiana is under a state of emergency tonight after intense storms dumped as much as three inches of rain an hour. Livingston, louisiana, got 17 inches, and its not over. At least one person is dead. Theres more flooding in mississippi and alabama. Omar villafranca is in amit city, louisiana. Reporter in tangipahoa parish, louisiana, rains flooded out businesses and entire neighborhoods. Motorists abandoned their vehicles and homeowners were forced to evacuate. My house is completely flooded and i have never flooded before. Reporter emergency crews went after those who couldnt get out on their own, using boats and highwater vehicles to take stranded neighbors and pets to higher ground. Residents chipped in. Where is all this water supposed to go reporter but in baton rouge, the rising floorpts proved deadly. A 68yearold man was killed after he was swept away while trying to escape. Drum was his friend. He got over and he went under and didnt come back up. Reporter several driv