Governor John Bel Edwards says they will begin offering HUD-approved housing to flood victims beginning Monday. People will be able to stay in the manufactured housing units for up to 18 months. Edwards also introduced a program allowing people to get into their homes quicker. He says the Shelter At Home Program seeks to get people back into their own homes quickly…:
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Homeowners can only qualify if their home can become habitable with $15,000 or less in repairs.

A disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean still has not developed into a tropical depression or storm. The National Hurricane Center says there is a 50% chance this system near Puerto Rico will develop into at least a depression by Saturday and an 80% chance of development by next Tuesday. Where it may go from there is not clear. Computer models are still widely varying on the eventual path, but the majority show it heading for Florida.

Just five months after seeing residents of north Louisiana deal with a historic flood, south Louisianans are going through the same thing, but in very different ways. Halen Doughty has more…:
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The governor is touring Acadiana today and one of the stops will be in Youngsville. Mayor Ken Ritter says the flood devastated the Lafayette Parish town and they’re hoping for more federal assistance…:
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