14:30 LRN Newscast August 25th

More than 120-thousand people registered for disaster assistance and federal and state agencies are having trouble keeping up with the demand. Halen Doughty has more…
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AAA says if you are in the market to purchase a used car, make sure it wasn’t flooded in the Great Flood of 2016. Spokesperson Don Redman says check for new carpeting and signs for dirt or mud…
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Just like after Hurricane Katrina and Rita, expect to see FEMA homes scattered across south Louisiana. Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s seen where FEMA has checked to see if the units can fit on the property of a flooded home and there’s plans to put multiple trailers on a commercial lot…
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Edwards says these mobile homes from FEMA are much better than the FEMA trailers after Katrina.

Forecasters say Invest 99 is poorly organized as it moves towards the Bahamas and south Florida. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the disturbance still has a chance to get better orangized and possibly make its way into the Gulf of Mexico…
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Keim says it’s definitely a tropical wave we should keep an eye on.