hurricane isaac

LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) — Livingston Parish officials are still putting together bills for their costs from Hurricane Isaac but say they only expect to be reimbursed for about 75 percent.

Parish President Layton Ricks tells The Advocate getting 75 percent rather than 90 percent in federal assistance could cause further financial problems for a parish government that already is struggling financially

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HOUMA, La. (AP) — Work was slated to begin this week on a Terrebonne Parish water control structure that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Isaac.

The Courier reports that the storm's tidal force destroyed one of the water-control structures on the Montegut marsh-management levee

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CENTRAL, La. (AP) — The school days for most Central students will be extended by several minutes, and other adjustments are planned to make up for the four days of school lost when Hurricane Isaac blew through Louisiana in late August

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EDGARD, La. (AP) — Damages from Hurricane Isaac will cost St. John the Baptist Parish about $2 million in property tax revenue.

The Times-Picayune reports Assessor Whitney Joseph Jr. told the parish council the value of the parish's tax roll will drop by approximately $14 million from previous estimates

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WATSON, La. (AP) — Livingston Parish school officials are hoping for an October move-in date for the new Live Oak High School campus in Watson but acknowledge it could be November before the new campus opens

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LAPLACE, La. (AP) — About 11,000 St. John the Baptist Parish residents have asked FEMA to inspect their homes for flood damage from Hurricane Isaac.

Michael Byrne, a manager with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Monday $13 million has been approved for residents affected by the flood as part of $45 million in aid approved statewide

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CITRUS LANDS, La. (AP) — In August, ranchlands spreading across the boot of Louisiana were dotted with hundreds of cows and calves grazing on a smorgasbord of marsh grasses.

But Hurricane Isaac took all that away, turning some of the best grazing land in Louisiana's low country into miles of brackish and foul-smelling floodwaters

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's last medical special needs shelter, opened before Hurricane Isaac, has been closed.

State officials say the shelter at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans closed Wednesday, after the shelter's final patient was discharged

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana state Tax Commission says this year's tax assessments may be reduced for property damaged by Hurricane Isaac.

The Courier reports that the process of asking tax assessors for a review varies among parishes

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Officials say thousands of flood insurance claims are being filed in the wake of Hurricane Isaac, a slow-moving storm that brought drenching rain and tropical-storm force winds to parishes that don't typically experience flooding

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Weathered oil in the form of tar balls has washed ashore on some Louisiana beaches from Gulf waters churned by Hurricane Isaac and a state coastal official says it is likely from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster

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