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We ran for our lives without taking anything. her bed tonight is the floor. one of the 1.2 million people the government here said was affected by these floods. out of the city, north, the rain was still coming down and the rescuers were still rescuing. we've just come from a place where they are tidying up and trying to get back to normal but 30 kilometres north, here, it's still a recovery operation. rescue workers there in fluorescent life jackets. and if ijust swivel you around to the right, well, this is a road that's turned into a river, a lake, call it what you like. 100 metres down the...

>> it was coming up the stairs. >> i wasn't afraid of the water, but the wind kept blowing and i felt the walls in the house move. >> the water was just coming in so fast, that, you know, it got to about knee level so quick, i didn't know if it was going to stay there or rise, so i just went up to the attic. and it didn't get too much higher than that, but it was scary. it came in all at once. >> the storm may have moved on, but life-threatening flash flooding is still a concern in parts of mississippi and louisiana. and right now, areas in alabama and tennessee are getting a great deal of rai...

The attic? >> if it went past that, god take me. seriously. >> and we were afraid because it was coming up the stairs. >> i wasn't afraid of the water, but the wind kept going. and i felt the walls in the house move. >> what is the last night been like that for you? >> hell, man. trying to get out last night, winds just weren't allowing us to. power lines are down, trees are down in the street. you know, kind of hard to see at night with no lights. >> were you up in your attic? >> yes, sir. the water was just coming in so fast that, you know, it got to about knee level so quick, i didn't know ...

Attic as the flood waters started rushing into his home. >> you ended up in your attic? >> yes, sir. yes, sir. the water was just coming in so fast that you know, it got to about knee level so quick, i didn't know if it was going to stay there. it came in all at once. >> reporter: were you worried that you were going to be stuck and trapped in your attic? >> yeah, i was, because, i mean, you hear stories. you hear people that, you know, seven, eight, nine feet and i just -- i don't know what i would have done if it was that. i guess i would have just had to fight my way out and swim. my dad ta...

0 get him to the island and as long as there's communication, we'll be able to communicate with him and see what's going on there. but it's very hard to not have any word from that island and the people on it since that time. in lafite, the water was very high. our first responders, the sheriff, firefighters, louisiana national guard, some coast guard are there doing search and rescue. they're having to get boats in and out. we are sheltering those people at a playground and then i believe the state is going to coordinate, governor, for a pickup and move them out to alexandria is my understand...