According to the Governor’s Office, over six-thousand flood victims have already applied for the Shelter At Home Program. The Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Julie Baxter Payer, says the program awards up to $15-thousand for basic homes repairs….
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Payer says flood victims can apply at ShelterAtHome.la.gov.

Forecasters say Tropical Depression Nine in the Gulf of Mexico is still on track to make landfall in Florida. Alek Krautmann, with the National Weather Service in Slidell says the Hurricane Center believes it will have 60-mile hour winds when it hits the western coast of Florida…
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Krautman says eventually a ridge of high pressure will push the depression towards Florida.

Louisiana Medical Director for the Center for Community Preparedness, Dr. Frank Welch, says there have been three more cases of Zika in Louisiana, bringing the total number to 26, and all of them are travel-related. He says local transmission of Zika is more likely in the parishes around Lake Pontchartrain. But he encourages everyone to tip and toss….
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Crews pulled the small plane that crashed into Lake Pontchartrain last weekend out of the water today and the bodies of the missing pilot and passenger were located inside. Director of Aviation at the New Orleans Lake Front Airport Ben Morris says the chartered plane was on a sightseeing tour Saturday night when they apparently encountered a thunderstorm….
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The F-A-A is investigating the crash.