If you had uninsured property that was destroyed during the March and August floods, you are entitled to a refund of the state sales tax on those items. Visit latreasury.com and click on Sales Tax Disaster Relief to learn more. State Treasurer John Kennedy says this applies to parishes that were federally declared disasters
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Bossier Parish Sheriff’s deputies are in southern Louisiana to help officers after the Great Flood of 2016. Lt. Dave Faulk says they want to help other officers who have lost everything. He says the deputies will patrol areas where there has been looting.
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The flooding has impacted the homes of deputies in East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes, with many patrol cars flooded out.

 
An area of low pressure,named Invest 99-L remains poorly organized as it moves toward southern Florida but forecasters says there could be some development into a named storm when the Tropical Wave reaches the Gulf of Mexico. Alek Krautmann with the National Weather Service in Slidell…
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It is possible invest 99-L could fall apart.

The historic flooding not only ruined thousands of homes but greatly affected the agriculture business in Louisiana. Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Mike Strain says 28 to 30 parishes were hurt by the massive rainstorm
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Strain says farming is a 13 billion dollar industry in Louisiana.