Singer Taylor Swift shows off her softer side by donating cash to the victims of flood in Louisiana.
Taylor Swift bestowed 1 million in dollars to help the victims of flooding in Louisiana which slayed 13 persons and destroyed 60,000 houses and business buildings.
The international pop superstar gave $50,000 for the non-profit organization, Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, which is also flooded with four or more feet, and was forced to evacuate to a temporary shelter.
In Twitter and Instagram posts, Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank shared, “Today @taylorswift donated $50,000 to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank! The #laflood destroyed our warehouse but we are going to shake it off!”
The Christian church and international charitable oragnization, Salvation Army, also thanked Swift for donating to help in the relief efforts.
It tweeted, “Thank you @taylorswift13 for helping us serve the #LouisianaFlood survivors by donating to our relief efforts! #DoingTheMostGood”.
Red Cross described the amount of rainfall since August 8 upto 14 as “worst natural disaster” that ever hit the United States after 2012 hurricane Sandy with over six trillion gallons of rain that fell.
On August 25, a new map of Louisiana Flood of 2016 was released. Based on satellite imagery and geographic data, it was revealed that tens of thousands of acres were under water across a 200-mile swatch from Lake Charles to Franklinton.
The flooding, however, is isolated in some spots.
The flood was brought by phenomenal rain gauging two feet in three days in some areas. Rivers overflowed their banks with some stream depth staying above flood stage as long as ten days.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards called the disaster a historic and unprecedented flooding event which pushed the local government to declare a state of emergency.
It was found out that a large number of affected homeowners do not have flood insurance which prompted the federal government to provide disaster aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
