More Disaster Declarations Due To Drought

By Don Molino

Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Radio Network

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has notified Governor John Bel Edwards Union Parish has now been declared a disaster area due to the ongoing drought that has plagued Louisiana the past several months.

Several contiguous parishes were also declared disaster areas: Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse and Ouachita.

The drought disaster declaration also covers one primary county in Arkansas, Chicot, and three contiguous counties: Ashley, Desha and Drew.

Three counties in Mississippi have been declared contiguous disaster areas: Bolivar, Issaquena and Washington.

This disaster declaration is in addition to all previous disaster declarations due to drought this year.