There was an echo of history this week in Louisiana as floodwaters continued to recede in the state's southern parishes. "Vacation or not, a hurting Louisiana needs you now, President Obama," Baton Rouge's The Advocate newspaper pleaded in an Aug. 17 headline. Obama talks on the tarmac after arriving on Air Force One at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, La., on Tuesday. Obama tours Castle Place, a flood-damaged area of Baton Rouge, La., on Tuesday. Obama held a press conference shortly after landing Tuesday afternoon in Baton Rouge, where he embraced survivors in a flood-stricken neighbourhood.

Source: CBC News August 24, 2016 08:59 UTC