Oachita Parish tornado damage News

Ouachita Parish fell several million short to receive a federal disaster declaration that would have allowed federal reimbursement for October’s tornadoes. Ouachita Parish Homeland Security Director Archie Neal Brown tells The News-Star the parish had $4 million in damages countable …

The tornadoes that hit Ouachita Parish on Oct. 13 did millions of dollars in damage, but officials don’t know whether it will be enough to qualify the parish for help from the Federal Emergency Management Administration. Total damages are well …