Residents survey the flood water on Old Jefferson Highway at Bayou Manchac in Prairieville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

(Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. began shutting units at the fourth-largest refinery in the U.S. as record flooding in Louisiana sent tens of thousands fleeing from their homes.

The Baton Rouge refinery in Louisiana has begun shutting units as the flooding threatened an offsite liquefied petroleum gas storage facility, a person familiar with operations said Wednesday. The plant, located along the Mississippi river, can process 502,500 barrels of crude a day into gasoline, diesel and other fuels.

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