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May 18, 2021 10:30 AM EDT
Storms are responsible for the dumping of as much as 18 inches of rain across parts of Texas and Louisiana and have made driving a night terror Monday into early Tuesday and has shut down some schools.
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Declaration of Flash Flood Emergency
A flash flood emergency was declared for the southeast Baton Rouge, Louisiana, region overnight, where radar made an estimation that up to a foot of rain had fallen. The National Weather Service said reports on numerous water rescues have been made in the area.
On Tuesday morning along Interstate 10 to the southeast of Baton Rouge, a traffic camera displayed floodwaters totally covering a portion of the highway. Water was also entering businesses and homes in the Baton Rouge region.