As the 2022 hurricane season begins, cities such as Lake Charles, La., are still recovering from and repairing major damage caused by unprecedented back-to-back storms in 2020 and 2021.
After much anticipation, Louisiana and 12 other states, including Mississippi and Texas, will receive $3 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funds, the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Renewal (HUD) announced March 22. But there is still much work to be done.