News and Media: Disaster 4606

The deadline for registering with FEMA has passed, but that does not mean FEMA is leaving. FEMA continues working with the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) to help survivors and communities recover.

Just one week remains for Louisiana homeowners, renters or business owners in Ascension, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Iberville and Lafayette parishes to apply for federal disaster assistance because of property damage or other eligible losses in May due to severe storms, tornadoes and flooding.

You have until Aug. 2 to apply for federal assistance for uninsured damage from the May flooding in Ascension, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Iberville and Lafayette parishes.

The State-run Recovery Service Center in Lake Charles will continue to assist those affected by the 2020 hurricanes and other weather-related events in Southwest Louisiana. The Center has been extended through July 30.

Myths, rumors and misinformation find their way onto social networks and elsewhere in nearly every major disaster.