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The current estimates show that between 40,000 and 110,000 homes were damaged or destroyed as a result of the Louisiana floods. As of this past Monday, 3,000 Louisianians were still in shelters. Thirteen people have tragically died. Close to half of Louisiana's Parishes have been included in the FEMA disaster declarations. Nola.curbed.com has done a fantastic breakdown of the impact of the flooding on Louisiana, and below is a brief rundown of some of the hardest hit areas.

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is making it easier for flood debris to be removed from the affected areas of the state.

Wednesday afternoon Governor John Bel Edwards introduced the state to temporary homes for those affected by the recent flood.

The One Man Gang, who's real name is George Gray, lost everything in the recent flood and now he needs your help.

This list gives you websites and phone numbers that are useful in replacing important documents that may have been lost in the Louisiana floods.

This sweet dog was stranded in the flood, scared to death, and was desperately clinging to a small piece of fence to keep from drowning. Watch as these men pull up and save this dog's life.

As much as we've come together over the past week to help ourselves, there is a very long road ahead of us before we can recover, if we ever can. This is a task we need help in achieving. Baton Rouge resident and New Iberia native Heather Cross took to Facebook to tell CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC News, CBS News, Good Morning America, The Today Show and all national media everything we as Louisianians want them to hear.

Among the faces: old, young, married, single, Asian, black, white, sick. All who have lost something very dear, but not the will to carry on.

Jonathan Perry and Bernadette Lee spoke about a lot "ideas", but NOTHING was set in stone.

Boise State, the first opponent the Cajuns will face this fall in football, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for United Way of Acadiana.

Inspired by Paul Harvey's 'So God Made a Farmer' speech at the 1978 Future Farmers of American convention, Dixon Wallace McMakin created this video

President Barack Obama arrived in Baton Rouge on Tuesday (8/23) to visit areas of south Louisiana that were devastated by flooding.

Thank you, South Alabama. Ragin' Cajuns and flood victims across Louisiana needed your help.

Facebook users have been copying and pasting a status update that lists the ten things we learned from the recent flooding in South Louisiana.

One of the first schools to do a supply drive after the flood last week in south Louisiana was the University of South Alabama and on Monday they delivered what they collected.

The family of Mickey Shunick is just one of the thousands of Acadiana flood victims who have accounts set up for them through Go Fund Me.

The video of the incredible rescue in Baton Rouge of the woman and her dog has been seen by countless people all over the world. A Baton Rouge man claims he now has that red Miata from the video, and that it's a stolen vehicle.

Pets from across the region are with foster families as many in Louisiana start the long process of rebuilding.

All jokes aside, people like this, and hundreds, if not thousands of others, are dedicated to keeping us powered

A man having to remove the sheetrock from his home educated me on the simplicity of removing sheetrock from your home.