The storm’s impact stretches from the coastal areas to further inland communities that are experiencing heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
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WASHINGTON -- Hurricane Laura made landfall as a major hurricane early this morning in Cameron, Louisiana. The storm brought life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding to large areas along the Gulf Coast. The storm will move inland and affect much of the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys within 48 - 72 hours. FEMA is leaning forward with our federal, state, local, tribal and territorial partners to mobilize teams and supplies to support a state managed, locally executed response to impacts from Hurricane Laura.
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WASHINGTON -- Today, President Donald J. Trump amended the emergency declarations for Louisiana and Texas. The President’s action expands the declarations to cover emergency protective response actions that state, local and tribal officials take in the areas affected by Hurricanes Laura and Marco beginning Aug. 22, 2020 and continuing.
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WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement state, local, tribal and territorial response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Tropical Storm Laura and Hurricane Marco beginning on Aug. 22, 2020 and continuing.
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Federal Aid Staff on a Conference Call to Request Deployment of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team to Baton Rouge Before Hurricane Laura
Jeremy Schaefer (left) Incident Management Assistance Team 2 Operations section chief, listens in on a regional conference call with Capt. John Figarola, a Federal Health and Human Services regional emergency coordinator, to request the deployment of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team to Baton Rouge in preparation for Hurricane Laura.
FEMA Incident Management Assistance Team Assists Resident of Baton Rouge With a Roof Tarp after Hurricane Laura
Incident Management Assistance Team members assists a resident as he places a tarp on his damaged roof in Baton Rouge after Hurricane Laura.
IMAT Team Members in Baton Rouge Plan Potential Placement for Operations in Louisiana Interim Recovery Office
Keith Rodriguez (right) Incident Management Assistance Team 2 Logistics section chief, briefs Dennis Arinello and Ryan Truocchil, National IMAT White Logistics team members, on potential placement for operations in the event of a major disaster declaration for Hurricane Laura at the Louisiana Interim Recovery Office in Baton Rouge on August 25, 2020.
IMAT team members in Baton Rouge plan potential placement for operations in Louisiana interim recovery office
Keith Rodriguez (right) Incident Management Assistance Team 2 Logistics section chief, briefs Dennis Arinello and Ryan Truocchil, National IMAT White Logistics team members, on potential placement for operations in the event of a major disaster declaration for Hurricane Laura at the Louisiana Interim Recovery Office in Baton Rouge.
FEMA incident management assistance team assists resident of baton rouge with a roof tarp after Hurricane Laura
Incident Management Assistance Team members assist a resident of Baton Rouge as he places a tarp on his damaged roof.
