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Trump hands out kids' toys at an emergency shelter in southern Louisiana
Med mindst 13 dræbte og omkring 40000 beskadigede hjem fra oversvømmelser i Louisiana, har Røde Kors kaldt den forårsagede ødelæggelse, den værste naturkatastrofe i US siden Orkanen Sandy i 2012. For tiden er Donald Trump på besøg i staten.

Røde Kors sagde torsdag, at de har udleveret 100.000 måltider mad og snacks i krisecentre som huser ofre for oversvømmelserne i adskillige sogne i Louisiana som lider efter rekord store regnfald som begyndte for en uges tid siden, rapporterede New Orleans Times-Picayune. Hjælpeorganisationen sagde at den forventer at bruge omkring $30 millioner på hjælp til anstrengelserne i forbindelse med oversvømmelserne, tilføjende at oversvømmelserne i Louisianan i den sidste uge har forårsaget den største Røde Kors aktion i USA siden Orkanen Sandy i 2012.

"Tusinder af mennesker i Louisiana har mistet alt hvad de ejer og har brug for vores hjælp nu," sagde Brad Kieserman, vicepræsidenten for Røde Kors' katastrofe operationer og logistik, ifølge CNN. Mindst 13 mennesker er omkommet i oversvømmelserne, mens 40000 er vurderet til i det mindste at have lidt nogen skade. Flere end 30,000 beboere og 1400 kæledyr er blevet assisteret i at evacuere de oversvømmelsesramte områder af den amerikanske Coast Guard, National Guard, beredskabfolk, og andre.


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© WILLIAM WIDMER/New York TimesTrump greets supporters at a disaster relief event at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church in Louisiana.
More than 4,000 people are still in shelters, an approximately 50-percent drop since late Wednesday, the Times-Picayune reported, though many of those leaving shelters still cannot access their homes and may be going elsewhere for housing. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Thursday that discussions over longer-term temporary housing are materializing, but any such plan will come with many complications given the scope of flooding devastation in the state.

"We can't get the right mix determined until we know more about the population that is affected," Edwards said. "When we have a better feel, we will know whether and how many manufactured housing units to order."

Flood waters in some areas have receded while water is rising in other spots, including southern Ascension Parish as well as St. James, Acadia, Jefferson Davis, and possibly St. John the Baptist, according to the Times-Picayune. A flood warning for the Baton Rouge area will continue through Friday afternoon. "As I've been saying for six days now, this is ongoing event," Edwards said Thursday during a news conference.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson visited the state on Thursday following a visit earlier in the week by Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate. About 950 FEMA workers are in Louisiana, with about 750 on the way, the Times-Picayune reported. More staff could arrive in the future, Johnson said.

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"Let them watch golf..." POTUS Obama closely monitoring his putt narrowly miss on the 16th green.
About 86,000 people have registered for flood relief from FEMA. Gov. Edwards said the first round of FEMA should arrive to recipients in the next 48 hours. Twenty state parishes have been declared disaster areas by the Obama administration.

President Obama is "closely monitoring the situation," Secretary Johnson said on Thursday amid some calls for the president to leave his vacation at Martha's Vineyard to visit Louisiana.

"When you are the chief executive of the US government, you can't be everywhere, including places you would like to be," Johnson said. Gov. Edwards, meanwhile, said that while the "president is welcome to visit whenever he wants to visit," he would prefer Obama wait to arrive in the state, as his security detail and motorcade could complicate relief efforts.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence are scheduled to tour flood damage on Friday. Richard Carbo, a spokesman for Gov. Edwards said Trump is welcome to visit, "but not for a photo-op," the Times-Picayune reported. Carbo added that Trump should "consider volunteering or making a sizable donation to the LA Flood Relief Fund to help the victims of this storm."