Louisiana Declares Emergency for Flood Threat

A backyard on Pryor Road in Limestone County is flooded in Decatur, Ala. More than 30 school districts in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee closed Friday, in part because school buses couldn't navigate flooded roads, on Feb. 22, 2019. Jeronimo Nisa/The Decatur Daily via AP

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Louisiana’s governor has declared a state of emergency because of the threat of flooding along the Mississippi River and elsewhere across the state.

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office says the declaration announced on Feb. 28, allows the state’s emergency preparedness office to help local agencies with flood response efforts.