good monday morning, everyone. it s been a busy overnight hours for us. we re following several breaking news stories starting with the epic floods in southern louisiana expected to get worse today. overnight the number of people being rescued nearly tripled in size to 20,000. parts of the area received over 20 inches of rain since friday. and this new video, take a look. a boat full of people making its way through a flooded street. only car roofs peeking above the water. abc s ray raimundi has the latest. reporter: this drone video giving a snapshot of parts of baton rouge, louisiana, submerged underwater. i roger that. reporter: u.s. national guard helicopters swooping in to rescue this man and this little boy from the rising floodwaters, just 2 of the more than 20,000 rescued in southern louisiana. the federal government officially declaring louisiana as a major disaster. obviously this remains a very serious event, a historic flooding, and it remains ongoing.
everyone. it s been a busy overnight hours for us. we re following several breaking news stories starting with the epic floods in southern louisiana expected to get worse today. overnight the number of people being rescued nearly tripled in size to 20,000. parts of the area received over 20 inches of rain since friday. and this new video, take a look. a boat full of people making its way through a flooded street. only car roofs peeking above the water. abc s ray raimundi has the latest. reporter: this drone vio giving a snapshot of parts of baton rouge, louisiana, submerged underwater. i roger that. reporter: u.s. national guard helicopters swooping in to rescue this man and this little boy from the rising floodwaters, just 2 of the more than 20,000 rescued in southern louisiana. the federal government officially declaring louisiana as a major disaster. obviously this remains a very serious event, a historic flooding, and it remains ongoing. reporter: cars subme
good monday morning, everyone. it s been a busy overnight hours for us. we re following several breaking news stories starting with the epic floods in southern louisiana expected to get worse today. overnight the number of people being rescued nearly tripled in size to 20,000. parts of the area received over 20 inches of rain since friday. and this new video, take a look. a boat full of people making its way through a flooded street. only car roofs peeking above the water. abc s ray raimundi has the latest. reporter: this drone video giving a snapshot of parts of baton rouge, louisiana, submerged underwater. i roger that. reporter: u.s. national guard helicopters swooping in to rescue this man and this little boy from the rising floodwaters, just 2 of the more than 20,000 rescued in southern louisiana. the federal government officially declaring louisiana as a major disaster. obviously this remains a very flooding, and it remains ongoing. reporter: cars submerge
good monday morning. it s been a busy overnight hours for us following several breaking news stories starting with the epic floods in southern louisiana. expected to get worse today. overnight the number of people being rescued nearly tripled in size to to 20,000. parts of the area received over 20 inches of rain since friday. a boat full of people making its way through a flooded street. only car roofs peeking above the water. abc s latest. reporter: this drone video giving a snapshot of parts of baton rouge, louisiana, submerged underwater. u.s. national guard helicopters swooping in to rescue this man and this little boy from the rising floodwaters, just 2 of the more than 20,000 rescued in southern louisiana. the federal government officially declaring louisiana as a major disaster. obviously this remains a very flooding and it remains ongoing. reporter: cars submerged underwat underwater. dramatic rescues like this. get my dog. your dog? get my dog. thi
good monday morning. it s been a busy overnight hours for us following several breaking news stories starting with the epic floods in southern louisiana. expected to get worse today. overnight the number of people being rescued nearly tripled in size to to 20,000. parts of the area received over 20 inches of rain since friday. a boat full of people making its way through a flooded street. only car roofs peeking above the water. abc s ray raimundi has latest. reporter: this drone video giving a snapshot of parts of baton rouge, louisiana, submerged underwater. u.s. national guard helicopters swooping in to rescue this man and this little boy from the rising floodwaters, just 2 of the more than 20,000 rescued in southern louisiana. the federal government officially declaring louisiana as a major disaster. obviously this remains a very reporter: cars submerged underwa underwater. dramatic rescues like this. get my dog. your dog? get my dog. this man rescuing a