Clean-up continues after historic flooding in Louisiana
President Barack Obama hugs Marlene Sanders as he visits with with residents of Castle Place, a flood-damaged area of Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 23.
(Ted Jackson / AP)More than 20,000 Louisiana residents have been rescued from their homes, and 12,000 are in shelters in the wake of historic, devastating flash flooding.
President Barack Obama walks with a family to tour their flood-damaged home in the Castle Place neighborhood of Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 23.
(Susan Walsh / AP)Daniel Stover, 17, wipes his head as he helps Laura Albritton recover personal belongings in Sorrento, La., as the state continues to deal with devastating floods.
(Max Becherer / Associated Press)Daniel Stover moves a boat loaded with personal belongings from a friend’s flooded home in Sorrento, La.
(Max Becherer / Associated Press)Friends and family help to clean out the flood-damaged home of Sheila Siener in St. Amant, La.
(Max Becherer / Associated Press)Jody Harelson dumps a wheelbarrel of wet sheet rock over a growing pile of rubbish as he helps clean out a home in St. Amant, La., on Saturday.
(Max Becherer / Associated Press)People drive a boat through a gas station as they navigate a flooded neighborhood in Sorrento, La.
(Joe Raedle / Getty Images)People sort through water-damaged products outside Jasmine’s Beauty Supply in Baton Rouge, La.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)People navigate flooded street in boats in Gonzales, La. Tens of thousands of people have been rescued after unprecedented floods in the state.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)Belongings are coated in mud after floodwaters receded from a home in Denham Springs, La.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)Raymond Lieteau pulls furniture out of his flood-damaged home with the help of his friend Danny Lemoine in Baton Rouge.
(Max Becherer / Associated Press)Danielle Blount feeds her 3-month-old baby, Ember, while they wait to be evacuated by members of the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, La., after heavy rains inundating the region.
(Max Becherer / Associated Press)Aerial photo of flooded homes along the flooded Tangipahoa River in Louisiana.
(Ted Jackson / Associated Press)Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jon Tatroe evacuates people from a flooded assisted living home in Baton Rouge, La.
(AFP/Getty Images)A residential street is covered by floodwaters in Youngsville, La.
(Scott Clause / Associated Press)People wade in water near flood damaged homes in Highland Ridge Subdivision in Youngsville, La.
(Scott Clause / Associated Press)Residents being evacuated from floodwaters in Baton Rouge, La. Emergency crews in flood-devastated Louisiana have rescued more than 20,000 people after catastrophic flooding.
(AFP/Getty Images)Coast Guard personnel evacuate people from floodwaters in Baton Rouge, La.
( AFP/Getty Images)Residents push an inflatable mattress through flood water at Tiger Manor Apartments by the North Gates of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La.
(Brianna Paciorka / Associated Press)A boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundate the region in Hammond, La.
(Max Becherer / Associated Press)This aerial image shows flooded areas of North Baton Rouge, La.
(Patrick Dennis / Associated Press)