More Rain Expected to Drop on Soggy Louisiana, Mississippi

More rain Saturday was expected to swamp already soggy ground across Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast where at least two people died and dozens had to be rescued from waist-high water surrounding their homes.

A member of the St. George Fire Department assists residents as they wade through floodwaters from heavy rains in the Chateau Wein Apartments in Baton Rouge, La., on Aug. 12, 2016. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

NEW ORLEANS—More rain Saturday was expected to swamp already soggy ground across Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast where at least two people died and dozens had to be rescued from waist-high water surrounding their homes.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency as rescue workers in the southeastern part of the state braced for more precipitation.

Edwards spokesman Richard Carbo said the governor returned to Louisiana on Friday because of the flooding. Edwards had been in Colorado for a policy meeting of the Democratic Governors Association but left early because of the storm.

Water creates a current across W. Oak Street in Amite, La., as motorists try to navigate the high waters from storms pounding Tangipahoa Parish on Aug. 12, 2016. Ted Jackson/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP