Clean-up continues after historic flooding in Louisiana

US President Barack Obama speaks with residents as he tours a flood-affected area in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 23, 2016. President Barack Obama touched down in flood-stricken Louisiana Tuesday, hoping to offer support to devastated communities and silence his critics who say he should have visited sooner. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMMNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **  (NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama walks with a family to tour their flood-damaged home in the Castle Place neighborhood of Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 23.

Daniel Stover, 17, wipes his head as he helps Laura Albritton recover personal belongings in Sorrento, La., as the state continues to deal with devastating floods.

Daniel Stover moves a boat loaded with personal belongings from a friend’s flooded home in Sorrento, La.

Friends and family help to clean out the flood-damaged home of Sheila Siener in St. Amant, La.

Jody Harelson dumps a wheelbarrel of wet sheet rock over a growing pile of rubbish as he helps clean out a home in St. Amant, La., on Saturday.

People drive a boat through a gas station as they navigate a flooded neighborhood in Sorrento, La.

People sort through water-damaged products outside Jasmine’s Beauty Supply in Baton Rouge, La.

People navigate flooded street in boats in Gonzales, La. Tens of thousands of people have been rescued after unprecedented floods in the state.

Belongings are coated in mud after floodwaters receded from a home in Denham Springs, La.

Raymond Lieteau pulls furniture out of his flood-damaged home with the help of his friend Danny Lemoine in Baton Rouge.

Danielle Blount feeds her 3-month-old baby, Ember, while they wait to be evacuated by members of the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, La., after heavy rains inundating the region.

Aerial photo of flooded homes along the flooded Tangipahoa River in Louisiana.

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jon Tatroe evacuates people from a flooded assisted living home in Baton Rouge, La.

A residential street is covered by floodwaters in Youngsville, La.

People wade in water near flood damaged homes in Highland Ridge Subdivision in Youngsville, La.

Residents being evacuated from floodwaters in Baton Rouge, La. Emergency crews in flood-devastated Louisiana have rescued more than 20,000 people after catastrophic flooding.

Coast Guard personnel evacuate people from floodwaters in Baton Rouge, La.

Residents push an inflatable mattress through flood water at Tiger Manor Apartments by the North Gates of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La.

A boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundate the region in Hammond, La.

This aerial image shows flooded areas of North Baton Rouge, La.