Dramatic moment a woman and her dog are rescued from their sinking car in deadly Louisiana floods

THIS is the dramatic moment a woman and her dog are rescued from their sinking car in deadly Louisiana floods.

Heartstopping video footage shows two men desperately trying to save a woman from her car as it sinks underwater in the high water.

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A red convertible sports car is seen sinking nose-first as three men on a small piece of floating wood desperately try to prise open the woman's car.

One man, armed with a long rod, tries to smash open the car's window before moving to rip open the car's soft-top convertible roof.

As the car continues to sink, the man quickly jumps into the high water and on top of the vehicle in a desperate bid to free the woman.

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He is seen clawing at the soft top roof to rip it open and make room for the trapped lady to escape.

After a nailbiting few seconds the woman is dragged through the hole in her roof and emerges gasping for air.

But in the same breath she desperately cries: "Get my dog! Get my dog now!"

The woman appears to attempt to push the rescuer back underwater before gasping between breaths: "Hang on, I'll go down."

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She then attempts to dive as the man, who appears to have his arm underwater searching for the pooch, says: "I can't get the dog."

A man behind the camera is then heard saying "maybe she's gone", to which the woman responds: "No, she better not be."

Less than a second later the brave rescuer appears from underneath the water with the tiny white pooch in his arms.

He cries "I got her", before ordering the woman to swim back to safety on the boat.

The man gathers both the woman, who reaches out for a float, and her dog in his arms before making their way back to safety.

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Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after severe flooding left at least two people dead and many stranded in their homes.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for parts of southern Mississippi and south-eastern Louisiana, including New Orleans.

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