14:30 Newscast August 31,2016

Legislators questioned a FEMA administrator today in the House Homeland Security Committee meeting trying to determine why it’s taking so long to get flood victims assistance. FEMA Coordinating Officer Gerard Stolar says 111-thousand home inspections have been ordered but only 56-thousand have been conducted.
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Legislators told Stolar that there needs to be more of an emphasis to set up manufactured homes for flood victims.

Mandeville police have arrested a former cook at an assisted living facility for first degree rape. Officer Beck White says 58-year-old Jerry Kan was arrested after authorities received information about inappropriate behavior between Kan and a 78-year-old resident.
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White says Kan was a cook at Beau Provence Memory Care since April and the incident occurred on August 21st.

 
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has donated over 1.6 million dollars in flood relief and plans to give even more. Michelle Southern reports.
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The Tropical Depression in the Gulf of Mexico is now Tropical Storm Hermine. The National Hurricane Center says maximum sustained winds are about 40 miles per hour and the storm is moving north at around 2 miles per hour. Forecasters believe the area of low pressure will continue to move towards Florida and increase speed tomorrow.