In a 24-hour period, Baton Rouge reported as much as 11.34 inches of rain. Even the Louisiana Governor's Mansion has a flooded basement. Meteorologist Mike Shields, with the service's Slidell, Louisiana office, said a flash-flood watch remained in effect through Sunday. Mike Steele, a spokesman for the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said requests were coming in for high-water vehicles, boats and sandbags. In Crosby, Mississippi, more than 50 people flooded out of a neighborhood will be housed at a shelter in Natchez.

Source: Fox News August 13, 2016 06:22 UTC