35 people were rescued from a sinking houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain Saturday night.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans said they received a MayDay call at 9:26 p.m. from a houseboat that had flooding in the engine room and that the houseboat was tied to pilings on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway when a storm hit.

Watchstanders at Sector New Orleans directed the launch of A 45-foot Response Boat was directed to the scene where crew members evacuated the houseboat with the help of a good Samaritan, and another crew pumped the water out of the boat and towed it to a local marina. There were no reported injuries.