![]() In hard-hit Calcasieu Parish, some waited hours in line for tarps, water and other supplies at distribution sites, said parish spokesperson Tom Hoefer. The Louisiana National Guard, meanwhile, had handed out hundreds of thousands of bottles of water and meals and about 14,000 tarps, the governor said.īut the needs were substantial. As of Sunday, more than 52,500 people had applied for FEMA assistance, and the agency had conducted over 200 home inspections and distributed more than $650,000 in assistance, said Tony Robinson, FEMA's administrator for the region. The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent hundreds of workers to the region to help with search and rescue and other efforts. So far 18 deaths in Texas and Louisiana have been attributed to the storm more than half of those people were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators. The Category 4 hurricane, which made landfall Thursday just south of Lake Charles near Cameron, Louisiana, before abating nearly 12 hours later, packed 150-mph (240-kph) winds and a storm surge that officials said was as high as 15 feet (4.5 meters) in some areas. 29, 2020, in Lake Charles, La.Drone footage taken the morning after Hurricane Laura made landfall reveals the damage in Lake Charles, Louisiana.Ĭrews were starting to take chain saws to fallen trees and patch roofs, but most homes in Lake Charles wrecked by the storm were still untouched. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Men work on a damaged room as the motorcade for President Donald Trump passes by as he surveys damage from Hurricane Laura, Saturday, Aug. Secret Service Special Agent stands in front of a heavily damaged home as President Donald Trump surveys damage from Hurricane Laura, Saturday, Aug. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Linda Smoot, who evacuated from Hurricane Laura in a pickup truck with eight others, reacts as she returns to see her niece’s damaged home, in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of the hurricane, Sunday, Aug. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Remnants of the half destroyed mobile home of James Towfley, who is living in the standing half, are seen in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Sunday, Aug. ![]() (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Layla Winbush looks at a fallen tree in front of her damaged home in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Sunday, Aug. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Traffic signals dangle close to the roadway from broken utility poles in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Sunday, Aug. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing about Hurricane Laura with first responders at the emergency operations center Saturday, Aug. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Nicole Beard searches for belongings in the debris of what was the trailer home where she lived in Hackberry, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Saturday, Aug. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Nicole Beard searches for belongings in the debris of what was the trailer home she lived in, in Hackberry, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Saturday, Aug. ![]() (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Bradley Beard rests as he searches in vain for his water shutoff valve, next to his heavily damaged home and the destroyed trailer home of his daughter Nicole, in Hackberry, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Saturday, Aug. John Bel Edwards, second from right, speaks as he surveys damage from Hurricane Laura, Saturday, Aug. ![]() President Donald Trump, center, listens as Louisiana Gov. ![]()
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