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State lawmakers Wednesday lambasted the pace of mobile home setup for flood victims, saying it's unacceptable that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has moved only one manufactured housing unit into a yard nearly three weeks after the catastrophic flooding. Rep. Clay Schexnayder, a Republican who represents areas of hard-hit Ascension and Livingston parishes, criticized the FEMA mobile home program at a House homeland security committee meeting.
A bus full of construction workers, seen, hit a firetruck on an elevate... . Part of the guard rail shows some damage near a bus after a deadly crash on Interstate 10 near Laplace, La., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency , along with other federal agencies, state and local governments, and volunteers from around the country, continues to support and assist flood survivors in Louisiana. Since President Obama's major disaster declaration to 20 parishes in South Louisiana, more than 128,000 households registered for FEMA assistance - with FEMA approving more than $385 million for survivors so far.
Insurance payments and traditional federal aid programs won't be enough to respond to the catastrophic flooding that ravaged tens of thousands of homes across south Louisiana, wrecking entire subdivisions and devastating entire cities. But the state delegation lacks some of the seniority it once had, and stalemates in Congress have made it difficult to even get funding for a Zika virus response to final passage, raising worries that flood disaster aid may be hard to get.
Barry-come-lately finally landed in the Louisiana flood zone. President Obama's visit came four days after Donald Trump and Mike Pence delivered a truck load of supplies and toured the area.
During his visit to south Louisiana, President Barack Obama promised that the victims of the historic flooding will not be forgotten. The first stop on his three-hour trip to the Capitol region was to the Castle Place subdivision in Zachary.
President Barack Obama arrived Tuesday in flood-ravaged southern Louisiana for a visit aimed at promising support to thousands of beleaguered flood victims and stemming campaign-season criticism that he's been slow to respond to their plight. Obama was met at the Baton Rouge airport by a bipartisan group of officials, including Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, and Lt.
President Barack Obama is making his first visit to flood-ravaged southern Louisiana as he attempts to assure the many thousands who have suffered damage to their homes, schools and businesses that his administration has made their recovery a priority. The Baton Rouge visit Tuesday is a reminder of the political dangers and opportunities that natural disasters can pose.
President Barack Obama will visit flooded Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday, four days after the Republican who wants his job flew into the city and chided the president for remaining on vacation during the disaster. Obama's visit to the flood zone, normally a routine presidential exercise, has become politically freighted thanks to his own decision not to interrupt his annual Martha's Vineyard vacation, criticism by Republican Donald Trump and the Baton Rouge newspaper, and memories of the botched federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The relief effort in Louisiana is ramping up after 10 days of monumental flooding. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama will visit Baton Rouge to survey the damage and find out how the federal government can help.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today that due to the damage and displacement caused by recent flooding, the grace period to renew flood insurance policies has been extended to 120 days, for certain parishes in Louisiana. "We've seen major destruction to communities across the state; thousands of Louisianans have been displaced," said Roy Wright, deputy associate administrator for FEMA's Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening three disaster recovery centers in Louisiana to help those affected by the recent flooding. FEMA says the centers will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week until further notice.
Outside the small town of Walker, Louisiana, the rural B... . Lisa Dupuy, 41, left, prays with pastor Mark Carroll during church services at South Walker Baptist Church in Walker, La., Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016.
DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been lampooned on social media as "missing in action", with the hashtag #WheresHillary trending number one globally. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who visited flood-ravaged Louisiana on Friday to deliver supplies and meet with locals, gave the hashtag a boost over the weekend.
Twenty-two districts across a vast swath of southern Louisiana were forced to close last week by a historic flood, delaying or interrupting the start of the school year for tens of thousands of children. Although some districts remain closed indefinitely - and the superintendent of one hard-hit district is living in an emergency shelter - the majority plan to welcome students back within the next two weeks, according to John White, the Louisiana state superintendent.
This time, Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration and Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Services needs to get it right. In contrast with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, state and local governments have performed admirably with rescues, evacuations, and provision of food and shelter in response to catastrophic flooding that has overtaken the Baton Rouge area.
FEMA: Officials with the governor's office have confirmed that more than 86,000 people have registered for FEMA assistance through www.DisasterAssistance.gov . FEMA assistance will be in two parts : Part 1 - FEMA will issue 30 day housing vouchers for eligible people.
President Barack Obama and Cy Walker, left, leave the first green during a round of golf at Farm Neck Golf Course in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard on Sunday. The photos of President Obama playing golf in Martha's Vineyard while Louisiana is reeling from its worst natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina have made the calls for him to cut his vacation short louder.
Donald Trump was more presidential than President Barack Obama in going to the flooded areas in Louisiana Friday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said. "Today, Donald Trump acted more Presidential than the President himself, by immediately going to Louisiana while President Obama chose to continue playing golf and Hillary Clinton phoned in her views," Giuliani said in a statement, according to The Hill.
Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence were in Louisiana Friday to survey the flood damage that killed at least 13 people and displaced thousands more. The visit comes amid an ongoing staff shakeup.