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Deep South Portfolio: Historic Louisiana Flooding

  • In this aerial photo over Robert, La. USA, Louisiana Army National Guard vehicles drive on flooded U.S. Route 190 after heavy rains inundated the region, Robert, La. USA, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • Danielle Blount kisses her 3-month-old baby Ember and feeds her while they wait to be evacuated by members of the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, La. USA, after heavy rains inundated the region, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Downpours in some areas of southern Louisiana came close to 2 feet over a 48-hour period according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • People arrive to be evacuated by members of the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, La. USA, in heavy rain, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act compelling first responders to save pets just as they save people. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said the Louisiana National Guard rescued more than 1,000 people and hundreds of pets. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • Sgt. Brad Stone of the Louisiana Army National Guard gives safety instructions to people loaded on a dump truck after they were stranded by rising flood water near Walker, La. USA, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Rescuers have evacuated more than 20,000 people since the flooding started Friday and more than 10,000 people were in shelters as of late Sunday, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • PRAIRIEVILLE, LOUISIANA. Danny and Alys Messenger canoe away from their flooded home after reviewing the damage in Prairieville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Historic August flooding in southern Louisiana killed 13 people, forced tens of thousands of people to flee and damaged as many as 112,000 homes. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • GONZALES, LOUISIANA. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, center, and running mate Gov. Mike Pence, right, help to unload supplies for flood victims during a tour of the flood damaged area in Gonzales, La., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. Trump and Pence traveled to flood-ravaged sections of southern Louisiana to survey the damage that killed at least 13 people and displaced thousands more. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • Daniel Stover, 17, moves a boat of personal belongings from a friend's flooded home in Sorrento, La. USA, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. The American Red Cross described the flood as {quote}the largest natural disaster to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy.{quote} (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, right, reviews a shored up breach in a levee dam that the Louisiana National Guard filled using 362, 4000-lb. sand bags that were put in place with a helicopter near Gueydan, La. USA, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. {quote}Though we are bringing to bear all the FEMA relief we can and what's allowed by statute, it's not going to be enough to make people whole, and that's unfortunate,{quote} Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • Robert Miller, 66, prays during service at the South Walker Baptist Church in Walker, La. USA, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. Miller had six family members in his home when the flood struck and helped them flee the home while he stayed behind to care for his dogs. Miller wounded his left wrist with a saw while trying to clean up the flood damage. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • Mailbox posts are seen just above flood water in Prairieville, La. USA, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. At least 40,000 homes were damaged in the historic Louisiana floods, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • Debris from gutted homes can be seen in front of homes in this areal view of Baton Rouge, La. USA, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. President Obama signed a Louisiana disaster declaration on Aug. 14, making federal disaster funding available. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
  • David Key looks at water out of his master bedroom windows in his flooded home in Prairieville, La. USA, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Key, an insurance adjuster, fled his home as the flood water was rising with his wife and three children and returned Tuesday to assess the damage. Mike Steele, spokesman for the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said 102,000 people have registered for federal aid. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
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