PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. APPROVES EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR
LOUISIANA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240911/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-emergency-declaration-louisiana]


Release Date: 
September 11, 2024 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is
available to the state of Louisiana to supplement response efforts due
to emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Francine
beginning Sept. 10, 2024, and continuing.

The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate disaster relief
efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the
emergency on the local population and to provide appropriate
assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and
safety and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the
designated areas. 

Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize and provide, at
its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the
impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures, limited to
direct federal assistance and reimbursement for mass care including
evacuation and shelter support, will be provided at 75% federal
funding for the parishes of Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption,
Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East
Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis,
Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee,
St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist,
St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne,
Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.

Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance,
will be provided at 75% federal funding for the parishes of
Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne,
De Soto, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln,
Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River,
Richland, Sabine, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll and
Winn.

Sandra L. Eslinger has been named Federal Coordinating Officer for
federal recovery operations in the affected areas.