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Family photos and personal items are covered in dirt in the flood damaged home of Raymond Lieteau in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Lieteau had more than five feet of water in his home. At least 40,000 homes were damaged and eight people killed in the historic Louisiana floods, the governor said Tuesday, giving a stark assessment of the widespread disaster. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

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Housing crisis looms in flooded La.

by Michael Kunzelman Associated Press, Melinda Deslatte Associated Press, and Kevin McGill Associated PressAugust 17, 2016

David Key boats away from his flooded home after reviewing the damage in Prairieville, La., Tuesday. Key, an insurance adjuster, fled his home as the floodwater was rising with his wife and three children, and returned to assess the damage.

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In Louisiana, cleanup and a search for bodies

by Michael Kunzelman Associated Press, Melinda Deslatte Associated Press, and Rebecca Santana Associated PressAugust 16, 2016

Flood damaged homes are seen in Highland Ridge Subdivision in Youngsville La., Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Torrential rains swamped parts of southern Louisiana, causing widespread flooding. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)

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Thousands hunker down after Louisiana floods; 6 killed

by Michael Kunzelman Associated Press, and Melinda Deslatte Associated PressAugust 16, 2016

Keilosha Walker, left, of Baton Rouge, puts her fist up during live music at a night rally in honor of Alton Sterling, outside the Triple S Food mart in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, July 11, 2016. Sterling was shot and killed last Tuesday by Baton Rouge police while selling CD's outside the convenience store. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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La. gov. defends protest response

by Melinda Deslatte Associated Press, and Cain Burdeau Associated PressJuly 12, 2016

Protestors gather at the intersection of N. Foster and Fairfields, near the Triple S Food Mart after Alton Sterling was shot and killed by Baton Rouge Police in the early hours of Tuesday morning, July 5, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. An autopsy shows Sterling, 37, of Baton Rouge, died Tuesday of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back, said East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. William Clark. Officers responded to the store about 12:35 a.m. Tuesday after an anonymous caller indicated a man selling music CDs and wearing a red shirt threatened him with a gun, said Cpl. L'Jean McKneely. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)

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Feds probe deadly La. police shooting

by Mike Kunzelman Associated Press, and Melinda Deslatte Associated PressJuly 6, 2016