News and Media: Disaster 4570

BATON ROUGE, La. – On Dec. 23, two parishes were added to the disaster declaration for Hurricane Delta. Survivors in Allen and Iberia parishes are now eligible for federal disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and losses resulting from Hurricane Delta.

BATON ROUGE, La.– The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC)/Appeals Center in Jefferson Davis parish will permanently close on Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. It is at:

Jefferson Davis Fairgrounds

810 Lake Arthur Avenue

Jennings, LA 70546

All Louisiana DRC/Appeals Centers will close at 5 p.m. Dec. 31 for the New Year's holiday. The centers will reopen Jan. 4 at 8 a.m. These DRC/Appeals Centers are at:

Lake Charles Civic Center

900 Lake Shore Dr.

Lake Charles, LA 70601

BATON ROUGE, La.– The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC)/Appeal Center in Alexandria will permanently close at 5 p.m. Dec. 29.

The center is at:

Rapides Coliseum

5600 Coliseum Blvd

Alexandria, LA 71303
 

BATON ROUGE, La. – FEMA’s Helpline — the free telephone center for hurricane survivors with questions about their applications for assistance — will be closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays. The toll-free Helpline will be closed Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1. Normal telephone center hours will resume on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2, respectively.

BATON ROUGE, La. — FEMA is working as quickly as possible to place eligible families into temporary housing units. In this series of short YouTube videos, FEMA answers questions about the Direct Housing Program assistance following Hurricane Laura in Louisiana.

Under the Direct Housing Program, FEMA may provide temporary housing units after a disaster when homes are damaged or destroyed and there is a shortage of available places for survivors to move into.