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…
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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…
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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.
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Governor Edwards says 237-thousand utility customers are without power, down from a peak of 615-thousand. It could take a month before power is restored in Calcasieu Parish. Edwards says the state is also sheltering 11-thousand evacuees in 46 hotels, most of these storm victims are staying in New Orleans.