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Louisiana Residents Assess Flood Damage, Salvage Belongings

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Residents return home to begin recovery efforts, but forecasts predict more rain in the coming days.

Image: Torrential Rains Bring Historic Floods To Southern Louisiana

Leslie Andermann Gallagher surveys the flood damage to her home on Aug 17. in Sorrento, Louisiana. Last week Louisiana was overwhelmed with flood water causing at least twelve deaths and thousands of homes damaged by the flood waters.

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Image: Contaminated floodwaters impact a neighborhood as seen in an aerial view in Sorrento, Louisiana

Contaminated floodwaters impact a neighborhood as seen in an aerial view in Sorrento, Louisiana on Aug. 17.

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Image: Tommy Gallagher retrieves items from his flooded home on Aug. 17, in Sorrento, Louisiana. Last week Louisiana was overwhelmed with flood water causing at least twelve deaths and thousands of homes damaged by the flood waters.

Tommy Gallagher retrieves items from his flooded home on Aug. 17, in Sorrento, Louisiana. Last week Louisiana was overwhelmed with flood water causing at least twelve deaths and thousands of homes damaged by the flood waters.

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David McNeely and Jason Schexnayder walk through a flooded street as an early morning fog blankets the area on Aug. 17, in Sorrento, Louisiana.

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Chickens avoid a flooded coop in a neighborhood inundated with flood waters, in Sorrento.

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Leigh Babin and her husband T.J. Babin bring items they recovered from their flooded home to shore along with a statue of the Virgin Mary that they found in the flood waters, in Sorrento.

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