(Source: theadvertiser.com) Resources available from FEMA are not sufficient to ‘make you whole' again, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday after speaking with Youngsville residents whose homes recently flooded.

Edwards, Youngsville Mayor Ken Ritter and other local and state officials toured two Lafayette Parish neighborhoods hit hard by the devastating rain that flooded hundreds of homes starting Aug. 12.

Nearly 12 inches of rain fell in three hours, and a total of 28 inches fell in Youngsville over several days, Ritter said. More than 600 Youngsville homes flooded, including about 300 in Highland Ridge subdivision, one of the areas the governor visited Thursday.

“It’s very similar to stories we’ve heard all over South Louisiana,” Edwards said. “Historic, unprecedented flood. Homes here have never flooded before. They don’t live in a flood zone. The overwhelming majority of people didn’t have flood insurance.”...