ST. LOUIS – Renters and homeowners in St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and St. Charles County who were affected by flash flooding July 25-28 may apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
an observation. said that will start later. that needs to start tomorrow so people can find nearby hotels and fema can issue instructions so they can go online and apply. they need not the wait for the governors to ask for individual assistance. with a presidential declaration, it s coming. it just needs to start and be a simultaneous operation. the next piece is when we transition to recovery. we re going to need trailers for people to move in. it s cold. unlike ida, people were able to survive for three months without getting a trailer from the state and up to five months for a fema trailer, those people are going to need trailers now so they can start recovering and the first responders are going to need man camps, work camps, so they can be in the town to secure it and to make things happen. and the governor should ask for
this is the heaviest rain now is expected to fall in the areas that were most devastated by hurricane ida. reporter: millions of people already under flash flood watches or warnings along the coast, including in new orleans and lake charles. this has been home for how long since late february reporter: her home was left unlivable after hurricanes laura and delta. her family slept in her car until getting their own fema trailer. people have been leaving your city. a lot a lot. a lot of people have left a lot of family and friends have moved and they re not coming back reporter: they re supposed to move back home in two weeks, but nicholas may now be changing that. you just have to keep on going. you can t give up. when you have kids, you can t show them that you re scared you just have to put a smile on your face and keep on going. morgan joining us now from lake charles. you mentioned that community has been hit so many times by hurricanes recently.
are of a big concern. the governor said this is costing 23 million dollars a day and the president has declared a federal disaster. thank you. bret: the 2019 hurricane season kicks off saturday. many florida communities still can t forget the last one. phil keating when whatever happened to the florida communities devastated by hur gain michael last year. ground zero and no help. they still leave in mexico beach in their fema trailer. homes like theirs gone and not yet beginning to be rebuilt. this is their new life 7 months after michael blasted the florida panhandle. people are frustrated. you still see debris and not