The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness says flood victims are still needing volunteers to help gut their homes. Mike Steele with GOHSEP says visit volunteer-louisiana-dot-gov if you want to help. He says many people whose homes were damaged are elderly and not able to make repairs on their own.

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Steele says the Great Flood of 2016 is similar to what was seen in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

LSU Economist Jim Richardson predicts it could take at least one year for southern Louisiana to recover from the historic flooding. Richardson says in the short-term, the flooding could boost the economy with flood victims purchasing new furniture, flooring, and sheet-rock. He says housing is the biggest issue for those who lost their homes..
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Flood victims who have been displaced may have trouble finding a new home. Don Molino has more…
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The LSU AgCenter estimates the heavy rains that caused the Great Flood of 2016 will cost Louisiana at least 110 million dollars. Soybeans will likely take the biggest hit with yield losses expected to be nearly 46 million dollars. It’s not clear at this time how many livestock deaths were caused by the flooding. The flooding will cost the rice industry about 33 million dollars in yield losses.