13:30 Newscast, August 30th, 2016

Two plane crash victims have been pulled from Lake Pontchartrain along with the plane wreckage. Emelie Gunn has more…:
CUT 2 (31) “I’m Emelie Gunn”

The state Department of Health has confirmed more mosquito-borne illnesses in Louisiana, including Zika and West Nile Virus. Louisiana Medical Director for the Center for Community Preparedness, Dr. Frank Welch, says there have been 14 cases of West Nile Virus so far this year…:
CUT 9 (08) “recent flooding”

Tropical Depression 9 in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to become Tropical Storm Hermine by this evening. Alek Krautmann with the National Weather Service says the current forecast anticipates this will remain a tropical storm as it moves toward Florida but the Hurricane Center brings it right up to 60 mile per hour strength before landfall on Thursday…:

CUT 8 (07) “two days”
With the exception of some high tides in southeast Louisiana, this storm is not expected to impact Louisiana.

According to the Governor’s Office, 63-hundred people applied for the Shelter At Home Program on the first day of registration. The Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Julie Baxter Payer, says the program will not repair someone’s home completely up to $15,000, but it will make it livable so families can come home while they continue making repairs…:
CUT 4 (08) “your rebuilding”
Payer says people can apply at ShelterAtHome.la.gov.