FEMA approves an additional ten Louisiana parishes for individual assistance following Hurricane Laura, bringing the total number of parishes eligible for aid to 16. The ten parishes added yesterday were Acadia, Ouachita, Vermilion, Rapides, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn, Grant, Jackson and Lincoln. Individuals who sustained damage from Laura are urged to apply for FEMA assistance at FEMA-dot-gov.

Edwards says residents in these parishes are also eligible for disaster unemployment…
cut 11 (05) “….for state benefits’

Edwards is also advising residents affected by Laura to preregister for disaster food stamps. Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says disaster food stamps are for people who lost food as a result of the disaster and income restrictions are loosened…
cut 13 (09) “…should register”
And you can register at the department of children and family services website.

Southwest Louisiana’s prolific chemical industry is temporarily out of commission due to Hurricane Laura. Matt Doyle has the story.
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Matt Doyle”

Cleco says it’s restored power to over 100-thousand of the 140-thousand customers affected by Hurricane Laura. The utility company still has over 16-thousand customers without power in Rapides Parish. Entergy is reporting 119-thousand outages. The Louisiana National Guard says they’ve cleared 14-hundred miles of roads which is helping to get the power back on.