BATON ROUGE, Louisiana The devastating floods that have engulfed the area since last week may not be of biblical proportions, but to some displaced residents, the flooding feels like another plague visited on a region already weary from a year of natural disaster, civil unrest and deadly shootings.

This community has been through a lot in the past few months with the shootings and the racial issues. Now this. Its all been back-to-back, said Baton Rouge nurse Aron Coates, who came to the makeshift shelter at Celtic Studios to offer assistance to flood evacuees.