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300,000 Louisiana Households Seek FEMA Help With Housing

HeadlineSep 07, 2005

60 percent of New Orleans remains flooded. Officials are estimating that as many as 160,000 homes had been submerged or destroyed. Over 300,000 households in Louisiana alone have registered with FEMA for temporary housing and other forms of disaster relief. 145,000 people are staying in Red Cross shelters spread across 41 states. The vast majority are being sheltered in Texas and Louisiana. The Red Cross is also reporting that some 94,000 names have been registered on a website created to help people trace their relatives.

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