Louisiana: Flood danger persists, body pulled from waters
[...] though the rain had mostly stopped, new places in the state faced flood dangers from the deluge that has sent thousands into shelters.
The slow-moving, low-pressure system that dumped more than 20 inches of rain on some parts of Louisiana was crawling into Texas, but the National Weather Service warned the danger of new flooding remained high due to the sheer volume of water flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico.
[...] a police officer at one Baton Rouge area roadblock warned Jack Miller that the 60-year-old was risking arrest if he tried to drive a boat on a trailer down a stretch of the highway down to just two lanes.
Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, said a volunteer patrolling in his boat Monday found the victim in front of a library though the manner of death and the person's identity still awaited confirmation.
State officials who had been tracking storm-related deaths could not immediately confirm the death was tied to the flooding.
On their way out, the McDaniels stopped to gawk at a monster truck revving its engine in a failed attempt to free a National Guard vehicle mired in a muddy ditch.
Julee Doiron, 56, and a friend walked down the road to a flooded storage facility where she has a valuable record collection.