Just six weeks after Lake Charles was battered by Laura’s extreme winds the city endured over a foot of rainfall from Hurricane Delta flooding many homes.
Mayor Nic Hunter said Delta was two categories weaker than Laura but a much wetter storm.
“It came quickly and ferociously and not only cars but many homes in the city received up to a foot of water,” said Hunter.
Hunter said the mood in the city is not great as people try to recover from yet another punch, many of whom have yet to even agree to insurance settlements regarding Hurricane Laura.
“People are very justifiably despondent at the moment,” said Hunter. “They are frustrated, they are emotional, that is to be expected and quite frankly those are very legitimate feelings right now.”
Hunter said his city needs volunteers and charitable donations, but most of all it needs a promise from the feds that FEMA will reimburse the city for 100 percent of the damages it has suffered this season, just like it did for the Florida Panhandle in 2018 after Michael.
“When you combine the damage from Laura and Delta the average citizen of Lake Charles received just as much damage if not more,” said Hunter.
Hunter encouraged people to donate to the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana or the United Way to help out.
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