Although the danger has passed in Louisiana, it is important to note the flooding in other places around the world.
From wire service reports:
Half a million victims remain stranded after last week's floods in northern India destroyed hundreds of rural villages. Aid workers say food and drinkable water are running out in overcrowded camps that house thousands of displaced farmers and their families.
Many flood victims in remote corners of Bihar, one of India's poorest and most populous states, have gone without food for days, government officials and aid workers said. They may have to wait in trees and on rooftops for several more days before help arrives.
More than two weeks after the Kosi river -- known as "Bihar's Sorrow" for its frequent deadly floods -- washed away much of the state, tens of thousands of people are finally giving up hope the waters will soon recede. (20 images)
Two men wade through flood waters in Madhepura district in Bihar, India, Monday, Sept.1, 2008. AP / Aftab Alam Siddiqui
A helicopter carrying Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, makes an aerial survey of flood affected areas in Bihar, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. The death toll from this year's monsoon has already climbed past 800, and now some 1.2 million people have been marooned, and about 2 million more affected in the impoverished state of Bihar, where the Kosi river has burst its banks, breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. AP
A woman sits on a banana raft with her children in a village of Kurigram district, 240 kilometers (150 miles), north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. At least 20,000 people in northern Bangladesh have been cut off from the rest of the country after several rivers burst their banks, news reports said Sunday as a flood warning agency forecast the situation is "likely to deteriorate. AP / Momine Zilu
Sammi Devi, cries as she waits for her husband, who is missing for the last three days, after she was rescued along with her two children from her flooded village, near Trivanigunj, 70 kilometers (48 miles) northeast of Patna, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. AP / Manish Swarup
People wade through a flooded National high way in Puthimari village about 45 kilometers (28 Miles) west of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. The Puthimari river in lower Assam breached four embankments Saturday night, inundating 50 villages. AP / Anupam Nath
A domesticated elephant and people wade through a flooded national highway in in Puthimari village about 45 kilometers (28 Miles) west of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. The Puthimari river in lower Assam breached four embankments Saturday night at inundating 50 villages. AP / Anupam Nath
Indian army soldiers rescue flood victims after flash floods in Puthimari village about 45 kilometers (28 Miles) west of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. The Puthimari river in lower Assam breached four embankments Saturday night at inundating 50 villages. AP / Anupam Nath
A family wades through flood waters to catch a relief boat, near Trivanigunj, 48 miles northeast of Patna, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Authorities took control of all private boats in flooded northern India on Sunday as desperate villagers hijacked rescue vessels and looted food and other essentials while flooding spread to new areas along the Nepal border, officials said. About 1.2 million people have been left homeless and scores killed in impoverished Bihar state in the two weeks since the monsoon-swollen Kosi river in neighboring Nepal burst its banks, dramatically changing course and spilling billions of gallons of water into the plains of northern India. AP / Manish Swarup
A flood affected woman cries as she leaves her marooned village, near Trivanigunj, 48 miles northeast of Patna, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008 AP / Manish Swarup
Villagers take their belongings as they flee from flood in Madhepura, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday. AP
A man fills a container with drinking water in the flooded town of Madhpura, 12.5 miles northeast of Patna, India, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. AP / Manish Swarup
A resident shifts his belongings as he wades through flood waters after water levels rose in Gomti river, near Lucknow, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. AP
Flood affected villagers board boats to move to relief camps in Patna District in Bihar state, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. The death toll from this year's monsoon has already climbed past 800, and now some 1.2 million people have been marooned, and about 2 million more affected in the impoverished state of Bihar, where the Kosi river has burst its banks, breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. AP
An aerial view shows the flood affected area of Madhepura, in the northern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. Indian officials rushed soldiers and air force helicopters Wednesday to flood-ravaged parts of northern India to provide aid to the more than 1 million people stranded when the surging river Kosi burst its banks, breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. AP
People wade through flood water in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. India's monsoon season, which lasts from June to September, brings rain vital for the country's farmers but also massive destruction. Floods, mudslides, collapsing houses and lightning strikes kill hundreds of people every year. AP / Mahesh Kumar A
Indian Army soldiers pull their boat filled with rescued flood victims from their marooned villages, near Madhpura, 12.5 miles northeast of Patna, India, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. AP / Manish Swarup
Indian Army doctors treat a patient, not seen, as people wait for treatment, near Madhepura, India. AP / Manish Swarup
Indian Army soldiers rescue people from a flooded village near Madhepura, India. AP / Manish Swarup
Flood victims queue up for relief goods at a local station in Madhepura, India. AP / Manish Swarup
A flooded local railway station is seen in Madhepura, India. AP / Manish Swarup
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