Help is within reach for Louisiana residents who may have lost money due to Hurricane Francine.Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is available to businesses and residents in eight parishes whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted as a direct result of Hurricane Francine.

Nearly all of the hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses that suffered power outages in Louisiana due to Hurricane Francine had their lights turned back on by late Monday, though there were still a few outages in hard hit coastal areas.

Hurricane Francine will be most noted for the Flash Flood Emergency that garnered much attention. A man driving a pickup truck drove around barriers, noting high water in the City of New Orleans and had to be rescued live on WDSU News' wall-to-wall coverage by a "good Samaritan."

Potential Hurricane Francine is likely to be a Category 1 storm and threaten Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi Thursday and Friday.

The dogs had been staying at St. Landry Parish Animal Control in Louisiana, but were transported to Binghamton due to the impact of Hurricane Francine. Recent adoptions freed up space at Broome's facility,

Brandon Joseph Lavergne, who is incarcerated at the Lafourche Parish jail, helps clear trees after Hurricane Francine. (Photo by /Louisiana Illuminator) In the week after Hurricane Ida, when an enormous generator powering Lafourche Parish’s 675-person jail threatened to overheat and shut down,

The White House approved Governor Jeff Landry’s request for a major disaster declaration, following Hurricane Francine and flooding that hit the state.