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Louisiana's mammoth flooding: By the numbers

By Holly Yan, CNN

Updated 0936 GMT (1736 HKT) August 22, 2016

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Baron Leblanc, left, and George Snyder move a refrigerator out of George's flooded home in St. Amant on Thursday, August 18. More than 30,000 people have been rescued in southern Louisiana after heavy rains caused flooding. "This is a major disaster," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has said.
Photos: Louisiana flooding is 'major disaster,' governor says
Baron Leblanc, left, and George Snyder move a refrigerator out of George's flooded home in St. Amant on Thursday, August 18. More than 30,000 people have been rescued in southern Louisiana after heavy rains caused flooding. "This is a major disaster," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has said.
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A Virgin Mary statue is barely visible in front of a flooded home in St. Amant on August 18.
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A Virgin Mary statue is barely visible in front of a flooded home in St. Amant on August 18.
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Flooding affects a chicken coop in Sorrento on August 17.
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Flooding affects a chicken coop in Sorrento on August 17.
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Kade Lewis helps gut his grandparents' home in Walker on Wednesday, August 17, after flooding.
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Kade Lewis helps gut his grandparents' home in Walker on Wednesday, August 17, after flooding.
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Caskets float in floodwaters near a cemetery in Gonzales on August 17.
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Caskets float in floodwaters near a cemetery in Gonzales on August 17.
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A man talks on his phone while helping salvage items from a house in Denham Springs on August 17.
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A man talks on his phone while helping salvage items from a house in Denham Springs on August 17.
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Gary Schexnayder stands in a flooded street in Sorrento as an early morning fog blankets the area August 17.
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Gary Schexnayder stands in a flooded street in Sorrento as an early morning fog blankets the area August 17.
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David Key looks outside his flooded home in Prairieville on Tuesday, August 16.
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David Key looks outside his flooded home in Prairieville on Tuesday, August 16.
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Raymond Lieteau waits for help to move a refrigerator as his friend Melissa Lockhart helps clean up the living room in his flood-damaged home in Baton Rouge on August 16. Lieteau had more than 5 feet of water in his home.
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Raymond Lieteau waits for help to move a refrigerator as his friend Melissa Lockhart helps clean up the living room in his flood-damaged home in Baton Rouge on August 16. Lieteau had more than 5 feet of water in his home.
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Danny and Alys Messenger canoe away from their flooded home in Prairieville on August 16.
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Danny and Alys Messenger canoe away from their flooded home in Prairieville on August 16.
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