Rebuilding efforts after August’s historic flooding that dumped as much as two feet of rain on parts of central Louisiana in 48 hours are moving ahead slowly, despite an infusion of $132 million in disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to Drew Sachs of DCMC Partners, a disaster-relief consulting group. Sachs went to the flood-stricken area almost immediately after the rains stopped to assess the damage and provide assistance as needed. The flood, which began on Aug. 12, has claimed at least 11 lives and (at press time) had left some 60,000 people homeless. Sachs, who ...