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 out businesses and entire neighborhoods. 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. A 68yearold man was killed after he was swept away while Vernon Drummond was his friend. He got over and he went under and didnt come back up. Reporter several drivers in amite city teamed up to help an elderly man to saf
Good monday morning, everyone. Its been a busy overnight hours for us. Were 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. Abcs 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. Reporter cars submerged u
61 in livermore. Finally from our east bay hills camera, the air quality will come down again today. Spare the air alert for the diablo range. Temperatures climbing through the 90s today inland. Cool at the coast. 70s around the bay. Well let you know what the week ahead looks like in just a few minutes. A woman remains in Critical Condition this morning after a 100 pound tree limb fell on her in san francisco. She suffered a serious head wound if skieny 7 hd was at the scene shortly after it fell on her yesterday afternoon. As a city worker cut the branch hit her on the head. She was sitting on the bench watching her two children on the playgrou playground. They were uninjured. She was bleeding from a head wound according to the fire department. A neighbor said she is horrified but not surprised. I think it it is always a matter of time and when. It just takes a windy day for a branch to come loose. Just before the branch was cut up, we noticed they were taking measurements of the lim
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