The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services received federal approval on Friday, Sept. 20 for several forms of disaster food assistance for families affected by Hurricane Francine. USDA Food and Nutrition Service approved Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program operations in eight parishes,

Francine made landfall just after 5 p.m. local time. The storm’s maximum sustained winds hovered about 100 mph and brought the potential for power outages.

Nearly all of the hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses that suffered power outages in Louisiana due to Hurricane Francine had their lights turned back on by late Monday, though there were still a few outages in hard hit coastal areas.