Gov. John Bel Edwards will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. WWNO will carry the event live.
Another eight parishes have been added to Louisiana's federal disaster declaration, boosting the number of parishes available for federal aid to 12. This comes after heavy rain displaced more than 20,000 people in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. More rain is expected this week.
Edwards' office says Acadia, Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberia, Lafayette, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry and Vermillion parishes are now approved for federal assistance.
More than 36,000 people from Louisiana have registered so far with FEMA, according to the governor's office.
Additional parishes may join the list as further damage assessments are made. People can seek federal disaster aid by signing up at disasterassistance.gov.
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