BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Insurance said that it has installed 10,000 new, fortified roofs over the last several years, marking the milestone at a news conference on Monday.

FORTIFIED, a program from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, installs roofs to prevent damage from high winds, hurricanes, hailstorms and thunderstorms, are built with strong edges, sealed roof decks, impact-resistant shingles and are attached with ring-shank nails, officials said.

"A little over a year ago, Louisiana had a little over 1,000 fortified roofs," Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said. "Now we're at 10,000. Louisiana is the fastest-growing state when it comes to putting fortified roofs on in the country."

Temple, joined by Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safe

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