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Saturday, October 11, 2008
The federal government has agreed to cover all the recovery costs in 14 parishes affected by Hurricane Ike through most of October, a move that saves the state and parishes millions. "This is good news and a positive step forward in the recovery efforts for these parishes," Gov. Bobby Jindal said in a statement Wednesday.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Flood insurance policies are about to expire for nearly 36,300 Louisiana homeowners affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The African American Leadership Project is hosting a meeting in New Orleans Wednesday to hear from evacuees from Hurricane Gustav. The group wants to hear about issues including how evacuees left and the cost of leaving. It hopes, eventually, to make recommendations to decision-makers.
What staff at Burden Center and the LSU Rural Life Museum think was a tornado tore through the complex off Essen Lane the day Hurricane Gustav hit.
The loss of power to hospitals and nursing homes throughout a broad stretch of Louisiana ranked as the No. 1 problem caused by Hurricane Gustav, health care officials say. “Every hurricane disaster has a different personality,” said state Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine.
Cameron Parish was marking slow but steady progress as the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Rita approached this month. Then came Hurricane Ike, setting back the clock to Sept. 24, 2005 — the day Rita’s winds and waters devastated much of coastal southwestern Louisiana.
On Labor Day 2008, Hurricane Gustav slammed through Louisiana, ravaging the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area and wreaking a wide swath of havoc and destruction. As the storm headed across the Gulf of Mexico bound for the Bayou State, residents turned wary eyes to the south, and after it was gone, weary Louisianans began picking up the pieces. The storm left behind millions of dollars in damage and hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents were without power for days.
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