Disaster Declaration approved following Hurricane Francine [Video]

ONE MORE ON THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. BUT RIGHT NOW AT NOON, MORE FEDERAL HELP IS ON THE WAY TO PARTS OF LOUISIANA IN THE WAKE OF FRANCINE. AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS APPROVED OUR STATE’S DISASTER DECLARATION. SO THIS COULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM GRANTS TO REPAIR YOUR HOME TO LOW COST LOANS. WDSU’S ARIELLE BRUMFIELD IS LIVE FOR US IN SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH. ONE OF THE PARISHES COVERED UNDER THIS ASSISTANCE, AND ARIELLE, WHO ELSE IS REPRESENTED IN THIS. WELL, RANDY, LIKE YOU SAID, SO MANY PARISHES HAVE BEEN IN NEED AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT FUNDING IS FINALLY COMING AND SOME OF THE PARISHES WILL INCLUDE HERE IN SAINT JOHN THAT AID WILL ALSO GO TO LAFOURCHE, SAINT CHARLES, SAINT JAMES AND TERREBONNE PARISHES. NOW, ASSISTANCE LIKE YOU SAID, RANDI CAN INCLUDE GRANTS FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING AND HOME REPAIRS, LOW …