At least 4,700 people evacuated to Red Cross shelters

BATON ROUGE - An American Red Cross spokesperson says at least 4,700 people have been helped in dozens on emergency shelters, after 15 rivers experienced record flood stages."This is an extremely chaotic situation right now, with life-threatening flood waters, power outages, and road closures complicating relief efforts," Vice President for Disaster Services Operations and Logistics for the Red Cross Brad Kieserman said. "This is by far our largest sheltering effort in Louisiana since Hurricane