BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The Latest on flooding in the Deep South (all times local):
9:45 p.m.
Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 10,000 people are in shelters and more than 20,000 people have been rescued across south Louisiana because of widespread flooding.
The governor says the Baton Rouge River Center, a major events location in the capital city’s downtown, will be opened Sunday as a shelter to handle the large numbers of evacuees.
Edwards said President Barack Obama called him and said that “the people of south Louisiana are in his thoughts and prayers and the federal government will be a solid partner.”