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August 30, 2016

More than 100,000 homes need repairs after Louisiana floods

  • A new program is providing up to $15,000 for modest repairs to get homeowners safely back into their homes while larger renovations begin.
    • By MELINDA DESLATTE
    Associated Press

    BATON ROUGE, La. — The first out-of-state congressman to survey Louisiana's damage from catastrophic flooding Monday blasted the Federal Emergency Management Agency response as “pitiful.”

    U.S. Rep. John Mica, a Florida Republican who chairs a subcommittee with jurisdiction over FEMA, toured the destruction with U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, a Republican who represents much of the most heavily damaged region.


     
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