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Beyond the tangible needs - like housing, and infrastructure - there’s a mental health component to disaster recovery. Traumatic experiences carry an…
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Thousands of Louisiana flood victims are still living in hotels as part of FEMAs Temporary Shelter Assistance program.On the list of FEMA relief options,…
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Louisiana’s second flood recovery funding request has fallen short on Capitol Hill.Legislation currently under consideration in Congress will fund the…
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After the storm hit in 2005, the insurance company ordered claims adjusters to misclassify wind damage as flood damage to shift liability to the U.S. government and spare State Farm's coffers.
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It's been over 100 days since floodwaters rose up to the rooftops in parts of Baton Rouge, La. The so-called 1,000-year flood hit neighborhoods that had…
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As this holiday season begins, Louisiana waits on federal disaster relief funding; no word yet on the Governor's request to Congress for an additional…
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Three months after flood waters devastated southeast Louisiana, Governor John Bel Edwards is hoping his second request for federal funds will be approved…
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The deadline to apply for funding under the state Shelter at Home program is this Friday, October 21st.The program provides up to $15,000 for basic…
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Louisiana’s governor, John Bel Edwards, was in Washington DC last week lobbying Congress to approve a disaster aid package of nearly $3 billion to help…
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This week on All Things New Orleans, we get into Cajun country rice fields with Tegan Wendland, for an update on ruined crops after the 2016 Louisiana…