Rivers in the Southeast are flooding, and communities along the lower Mississippi River still have days to go before they see the worst of it
In Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency Friday because the threat of more rain in the region and more flooding along the Mississippi. The US Army Corps of Engineers this week opened Louisiana's Bonnet Carre Spillway to divert rising water away from New Orleans to sparsely populated areas. In the capital, Baton Rouge, the river already was at more than 41.
Widespread rain is expected from Friday into the weekend for portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Carolinas, forecasters say.CNN's Monica Garrett, Judson Jones and Paul P. Murphy contributed to this report.
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