Related Image Expand / Contract Daniella Letelier puts wet family photos out to dry in Baton Rouge. (AP)By noon Tuesday, more than two dozen volunteers had arrived at Rhonda Brewer's Baton Rouge home, helping her take water-damaged belongings to the curb. Rivers and creeks were still dangerously bloated south of Baton Rouge as water drained toward the Gulf of Mexico. In the house for 14 years, the couple doesn't have flood insurance to cover repairs. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said in hard-hit Baton Rouge only 12 percent of residences are covered by flood insurance, and 14 percent in Lafayette — what he called "shocking."
Source: Fox News August 17, 2016 15:11 UTC