Over 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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Governor John Bel Edwards was in southwest Louisiana today. Edwards told flood victims in Youngsville that they’ll seek assistance from Congress to help homeowners who did not have flood insurance. In Lake Arthur, the governor learned about the man-made levee built to protect the town from the rising Mermentau River.

Just like after Hurricane Katrina and Rita, expect to see FEMA homes scattered across south Louisiana. Governor John Bel Edwards says FEMA is checking to see if the units can fit on the property of a flooded home and there’s plans to put multiple trailers on commercial lots…
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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 its act together and possibly get into the Gulf of Mexico…
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Keim says it’s definitely a tropical wave we should keep an eye on.