ELM GROVE, La. (AP) – Huge military trucks rumbled through neighborhoods in northern Louisiana on Thursday in search of families trapped by days of relentless rain, while men in rain gear waded through floodwaters up to their chests to rescue stranded animals.
The process repeated itself throughout the day and similar rescues were possible later Thursday in the southern part of the state, which also braced for heavy rain.
Davyon Hill, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s office in Shreveport, said skies have cleared in the region, but the area is not yet out of the woods.
“It’s not over with,” he said. “There’s still part of a low pressure system that’s in Central Texas that is moving this way and overnight it will likely bring another bout of rain to the region.”
State officials said a 6-year-old girl was among three people killed in Louisiana during two days of severe weather that has left roads covered in water and sent more than 1,000 people fleeing their homes.