The Latest: 8 more parishes added to Louisiana's disaster
Another eight parishes have been added to Louisiana's federal disaster declaration, boosting the number of parishes available for federal aid to 12.
Parishes named in the federal disaster declaration were East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes.
Steele remained upbeat, calling it a "good day" because the parish hasn't seen any storm-related deaths and the rescues are no longer people in their attics, but people who are running low on supplies in flooded areas.
Strain says pets that arrived with patients at the LSU critical-needs shelter are being taken to Dixon Correctional Institute for safe sheltering.
The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is coming to Louisiana to meeting with state officials on the ongoing flooding there.
The governor's office says Fugate will travel to Louisiana to meet with the state's Unified Command Group to discuss the federal assistance available and response efforts.
State officials say disaster declarations for other parishes affected by flooding could come this week.