He didn’t know how many people that included but said it was less than 100. Two homes in the county were destroyed and 23 had major damage from flooding.
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Raymond Lieteau, 48, returned to his home in the Woodlands neighborhood of Baton Rouge to survey the damage Tuesday and begin cleaning up.
Officials said 40 000 homes have been impacted by the floods, and more than 8 000 people were in shelters.
“Nobody wants to do a long-term shelter”, she said.
At least 40,000 homes have been damaged, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Tuesday.
More than 70,000 people have registered for individual assistance and more than 9,000 have filed flood insurance claims.
“I can not stress to our residents enough the magnitude of this situation”, Meredith Conger, planning and intelligence officer at Ascension Parish Homeland Security, said in a video statement Monday night.
Many parishes in Louisiana were collecting donations for flood victims, including food, water, blankets and hygiene products.
Widespread flooding in southern Louisiana has prompted a community college to delay the start of its fall semester.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson said in a Tuesday news release that Edwards has issued an executive order imposing an emergency suspension of all deadlines for legal proceedings in state courts, administrative agencies and boards. The latest additions to the disaster list include Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberville and Jefferson Davis parishes.
(AP Photo/Max Becherer). Danny and Alys Messenger canoe away from their flooded home after reviewing the damage in Prairieville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016.
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Businesses along Beach Drive in St. Petersburg are a good example, said Holehouse.
Harrowing rescues were posted on social media as emergency rescue teams continued to evacuate residents Monday in East Baton Rouge, Livingston and Ascension parishes. He says water had never gotten within 200 yards of his business, until the weekend.
Louisiana Army National Guard soldiers and other officials helped rescue hundreds of people from their homes and cars, including Danielle Blount and her 3-month-old baby, Ember.
An estimated 75 percent of the homes in the parish of 138,000 residents were a total loss. By Sunday, the gasoline pumps out front were covered with water.
In and around Baton Rouge, many were anxious to check on damage. There’s been at least 11 deaths so far because of the floods, the Weather Channel reports, and that number is unfortunately expected to rise. Donelon, however, said he understands why the state’s “large population of working poor folks” wouldn’t pay for flood coverage when lenders tell them it’s not a requirement. It was a welcome moment of levity after days of worry around the state’s southeast, which saw thousands of water rescues.
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“So when I saw this coming, I took the few things of sentimental value, got all the cows, the puppy dogs”, Henry said after feeding the bulls a batch of hay.
