News and Media: Disaster 4570

BATON ROUGE, La. Two drive-thru Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) in Iowa and East Lake Charles are closing.

This DRC will close at 5 p.m. Dec 12:

Lawrence Toups Memorial Park

115 N Thompson Ave.

Iowa, LA  70647

This DRC will close at 5 p.m. on Dec 15:

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury

2000 Moeling Street

Lake Charles, LA 70601

BATON ROUGE, La. — Renters and homeowners in parishes designated for FEMA assistance after Hurricane Delta have until Dec. 16 to register for help.

Federal assistance includes help for temporary housing, rental assistance and repair or replacement of damaged property.

Additionally, grants may be available to help with other expenses such as medical and dental care, childcare, funeral and burial costs, replacing essential household items, moving and storage, vehicle repairs and cleanup.

BATON ROUGE, La. — FEMA is working to place some families into temporary housing units as quickly as possible. In this series of short YouTube videos, FEMA’s Federal Coordinating Officer John Long answers questions about FEMA’s Direct Housing Program assistance following the Louisiana hurricanes.

Under this program, FEMA may provide temporary housing units after a disaster when many homes were damaged or destroyed and there is a shortage of available places for survivors to move into or rent.

BATON ROUGE, La. – FEMA’s Community Education and Outreach (CEO) offers free webinars to help those affected by the recent hurricanes on their road to recovery. 

Log onto the events on Dec. 8 for important information on the following topics:

• Substantial Damage: 10 to 11 a.m. CST.
  • What Substantial Damage means and how it impacts homeowners.

BATON ROUGE, La.–The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) operating at the Lake Charles Civic Center to help hurricane survivors will enhance operations starting Dec. 7.

Since this DRC has two drive-thru lanes, FEMA will convert one lane into an Appeals Center to allow longer conversations with staff, while allowing the other lane to continue drive-thru operations for applicants to drop documents for their case files.