Hundreds in Louisiana 's Atchafalaya River basin have been ordered to evacuate . His great-grandmother was in Krotz Springs for the great flood of 1927 , which inundated 165 million acres , killed 246 people and left another 600,000 homeless throughout the Mississippi River system , according to a National Weather Service report . `` We just moved in here and now we 're in the process of moving everything out '' said one resident who did not want his name used because he is afraid for his family' The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. on Saturday across much
Hundreds in Louisiana 's Atchafalaya River basin have been ordered to evacuate . `` We just moved in here and now we 're in the process of moving everything out '' said one resident who did not want his name used because he is afraid for his family' The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. on Saturday across much