Jun 11, 2015

A rising Red River was covering streets and, in some instances, entering homes in northwestern Louisiana, rising to more than five feet above its 30-foot flood stage in Shreveport.

Caddo Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said at least a dozen Caddo Parish homes had flooded last weekend — some with at least a foot of water — along the Red or its tributaries. There was flooding reported on major Shreveport area thoroughfares and scattered evacuations in some areas.

“There are other areas where, if you don’t have water in your home, it’s knocking at your door,” Chadwick said. — Associated Press reporting

: Troy Boyd transports sandbags to a house that is trying to protect itself from water caused by the flooding of the Red River, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Shreveport, La. Flooding from the swelling river put hundreds of homes and farmland underwater or in danger in rural northwest Louisiana, and state officials said Thursday that they would seek a federal disaster declaration to get help for residents. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: Tom Siskron III places sandbags around his property in an attempt to protect it from the flooding of the Red River, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Shreveport, La. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: Residents sit on the balcony of their partially submerged home caused by flooding from the Red River, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Bossier City, La. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: A sign is viewed near a submerged home caused by flooding from the Red River, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Bossier City, La. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: A partially submerged mailbox caused by flooding from the Red River is visible Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Bossier City, La. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: Spencer Sinclair checks on sandbags and a water pump built to protect a friend’s home from water caused by the flooding of the Red River, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Bossier City, La. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: Walker Bell walks along a levee past submerged houses caused by the flooding of the Red River, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Bossier City, La. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: Margaret Bordley kayaks her way back to a loading site after dropping off sandbags to a home that is trying to protect itself from water caused by flooding of the Red River, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Shreveport, La. Flooding from the swelling river put hundreds of homes and farmland underwater or in danger in rural northwest Louisiana, and state officials said Thursday that they would seek a federal disaster declaration to get help for residents. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: Cedrick Walker, left, throws a sandbag to Josh Firmin, center, as Troy Boyd waits to take it to a house they are trying to protect from water caused by the flooding of the Red River, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Shreveport, La. Flooding from the swelling river put hundreds of homes and farmland underwater or in danger in rural northwest Louisiana, and state officials said Thursday that they would seek a federal disaster declaration to get help for residents. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: Ophelia Phelps talks to her daughter on the phone after flood water made it’s way into her home on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Shreveport, La. The Red River leveled off at Shreveport on Tuesday. It reached 37.09 feet in the afternoon, meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Douglas Collier /The Shreveport Times via AP)

: A man sits on his porch after looking for leaks in a wall of sandbags he built to protect his property from the flooding of the Red River, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Shreveport, La. Flooding from the swelling river put hundreds of homes and farmland underwater or in danger in rural northwest Louisiana, and state officials said Thursday that they would seek a federal disaster declaration to get help for residents. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

: This Monday, June 8, 2015 photo provided by the Bossier City Sheriff’s Office shows flooding from the Red River at the Shreveport-Barksdale Boulevard bridge, over the river, in Bossier City, La. The National Weather Service says the Red River is leveling off at Shreveport, with changes being measured in hundredths of a foot. Meteorologist Davyon Hill says it reached 37.09 feet Tuesday afternoon. (Bill Davis/Bossier City Sheriff’s Office via AP)

: This photo released by the Bossier City Sheriff’s Office shows a house during flooding from the Red River in Shreveport, La., Monday, June 8, 2015. The Red River leveled off at Shreveport on Tuesday. It reached 37.09 feet in the afternoon, meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Bill Davis/Bossier City Sheriff’s Office via AP)

: This photo released by the Bossier City Sheriff’s Office shows flooding from the Red River at a construction site in South Bossier Parish, La., Monday, June 8, 2015. The Red River leveled off at Shreveport on Tuesday. It reached 37.09 feet in the afternoon, meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Bill Davis/Bossier City Sheriff’s Office via AP)

: Water is pumped from the Red River away from sewer lines in Bossier City, La. on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 along the Arthur Ray Teague Parkway. The Red River crested Monday and likely will stay at or around its current level for the next few days before slowly decreasing, National Weather Service meteorologist Davyon Hill said. At one point this week, the river was at 37.02 feet, the highest since April 1945, he said. (Douglas Collier/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: In this Tuesday, June 9, 2015 photo provided by the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office, residents of the Red Bluff subdivision move through high water, in Bossier City, La. The Red River crested Monday and likely will stay at or around its current level for the next few days before slowly decreasing, National Weather Service meteorologist Davyon Hill said. At one point this week, the river was at 37.02 feet, the highest since April 1945, he said. (Lt. Bill Davis/Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office via AP)

: Kevin Parker sweeps water off the patio of his friends house Monday, June 8, 2015, in the Les Maisons Sur La Rouge subdivision in Shreveport, La., where the only thing stopping water from coming into house is the sand bag wall. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: This photo released by the Bossier City Sheriff’s Office shows a house under water during flooding from the Red River in Shreveport, La., Monday, June 8, 2015. The Red River leveled off at Shreveport on Tuesday. It reached 37.09 feet in the afternoon, meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Bill Davis/Bossier City Sheriff’s Office via AP)

: James Copeland yells out to Mindy Harvill on the second floor of her fathers home in the River Bluff subdivision in Bossier Parish, La. as he and a crew from Texas work to add sandbags to the home Saturday, June 6, 2015. (Douglas Collier/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: This photo released by the Bossier City Sheriff’s Office shows a sandbagged home during flooding from the Red River in the River Bluff subdivision of Bossier City, La., Monday, June 8, 2015. The Red River leveled off at Shreveport on Tuesday. It reached 37.09 feet in the afternoon, meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Bill Davis/Bossier City Sheriff’s Office via AP)

: Johnny Shephard, Kristy Shephard, Barbara Shephard and Debbie Wingard pause before walking through a flooded River Walk Rd in Bossier Parish, La., Saturday, June 6, 2015, while evacuating the area from the rising waters of the Red River. (Douglas Collier/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: A boat makes it’s way along North Beach Drive in the River Bluff subdivision of Bossier Parish, La., Saturday, June 6, 2015, after flooding from the Red River made the roads impassable. (Douglas Collier/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: First responder monitor water levels at K&A Liquor store store near Garland City, Ark., Friday, June 5, 2015. Miller County Emergency Management evacuated Garland early Friday morning. Residents have been allowed back to their homes after pumps were uses to fill a relief pond stabilizing the levee. (Evan Lewis/The Texarkana Gazette via AP)

: Volunteers work to load a flatbed with sandbags for homes in the River Bluff subdivision of Bossier Parish, La., Saturday, June 6, 2015. (Douglas Collier/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: Anastacio Hernandez uses a tractor to push through several feet of water from the Red River at Moon Lake Farms in Bossier Parish, La. on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. The Red River crested Monday and likely will stay at or around its current level for the next few days before slowly decreasing, National Weather Service meteorologist Davyon Hill said. At one point this week, the river was at 37.02 feet, the highest since April 1945, he said. (Douglas Collier/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: Kellie Simpson, right, and Lacie Spinks stand on their patio Monday, June 8, 2015, and look out into their backyard in the Les Maisons Sur La Rouge subdivision in Shreveport, La., where the only thing stopping water from coming into their house is the sand bag wall. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: Payne Kuntz watches the high water in the Les Maisons Sur La Rouge subdivision. The Red River crested Monday, June 8, 2015, and likely will stay at or around its current level for the next few days before slowly decreasing, National Weather Service meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: About 20 head of cattle walk through standing water Friday, June 5, 2015 in the search of dryer ground in their pasture near East Ogden, Ark. (Evan Lewis/The Texarkana Gazette via AP)

: Boomtown Casino is dealing with problems from the flood Monday, June 8, 2015. The bottom floor of the parking garage is flooded, and access to the casino has gone down to a single lane as a wall is being built to stop flooding of the drive in Bossier City. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: This photo released by the Bossier City Sheriff’s Office shows a sandbagged home during flooding from the Red River in the River Bluff subdivision of Bossier City, La., Monday, June 8, 2015. The Red River leveled off at Shreveport on Tuesday. It reached 37.09 feet in the afternoon, meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Bill Davis/Bossier City Sheriff’s Office via AP)

: This photo released by the Bossier City Sheriff’s Office shows flooding in the Louisiana Boardwalk, along the Red River, in Bossier City, La., Monday, June 8, 2015. The Red River leveled off at Shreveport on Tuesday. It reached 37.09 feet in the afternoon, meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Bill Davis/Bossier City Sheriff’s Office via AP)

: This photo released by the Bossier City Sheriff’s Office shows high water flowing through Lock and Dam #5 during flooding of the Red River in South Bossier Parish, La., Monday, June 8, 2015. The Red River leveled off at Shreveport on Tuesday. It reached 37.09 feet in the afternoon, meteorologist Davyon Hill said. (Bill Davis/Bossier City Sheriff’s Office via AP)

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