Parts of the Gulf Coast are under water and more rain is on the way | CNN

More rain is on the way for parts of the Gulf Coast still under water after potentially record-breaking deluges forced evacuations and rescues from dozens of flooded homes, business and vehicles. Over 2 feet of rain fell in Louisiana this week, and the state and Mississippi both recorded more than a foot of rain in 12 hours or less. More intense downpours like these are just one symptom of an atmosphere warming due to fossil fuel pollution. ⛈️ Track the storms on CNN Weather for iPhone Two men died and two others were injured in Georgia Friday morning after an oak tree, with roots in ground saturated by heavy rain, fell onto a passing pickup truck, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said. Two people died in flooding in Texas earlier in the week, and a county road worker died in Mississippi helping to clean up after the storm, Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday on X. Another flash flood emergency — the highest level of flash flood warning — was issued Friday morning in hard-hit southern Mississippi. It’s a sign that it won’t take much rain to create more danger, and the atmosphere is still primed for flooding rain, even with Tropical Storm Arthur gone. Serious flooding kil