Another tropical system is set to dump large amounts of rain on south Louisiana over the next couple of days with Governor Edwards advising the public to stay aware of this dangerous situation. More from Dave Brannen.
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Tropical Storm Nicholas has made landfall in Texas, but he’s also expected to leave his calling card on the Bayou State. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The 504-pound alligator that claimed the life of a 61-year old Slidell man has been located, two weeks after he was last seen in knee-deep water outside his home in Avery Estates. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Governor John Bel Edwards says to expect Tropical Storm Nicholas to be downgraded to a depression as it enters southwest Louisiana, but noting that it doesn’t take a named storm to bring dangerous conditions to the state.
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Edwards says you don’t have to go back all that far to know that a depression can be as troublesome as a named storm.
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The rains that Tropical Storm Nicholas will bring to the state, even as a depression, could exacerbate the problem of getting more of Ida storm victim out of the dark after weeks without power.
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At last count, 119-thousand customers had still not had their power restored after the massive destruction to energy systems in south Louisiana.
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Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall along the Texas coastline this morning and State Climatologist Barry Keim says the system has the potential of bringing storm surge as far east as Rutherford Beach and but the largest impact it will have on Louisiana is rainfall amounts.
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While in the Bayou State, Keim says Nicholas will weaken to a Tropical Depression but says the system to leave its calling card on the Bayou State in the form of rain.
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Keim says while the eye of the storm is only expected to be in the state for a day, we will feel effects for a number of days. He says even though it’s only expected to be a Tropical Depression widespread rain and flash flooding will be an issue.
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The Louisiana Department of Revenue is taking steps to provide state tax relief following Hurricane Ida. LDR Secretary Kimberly Lewis says the department is granting automatic filing extensions to both individual and business taxpayers in the 25 parishes placed under a disaster declaration by the governor.
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The automatic extended due date to file is now September 3, 2022. However, Lewis says it is not an extension to pay any taxes due.
Kimberly Lewis, who heads up the Louisiana Department of Revenue, says LDR is granting automatic extensions until January 3rd for the filing of excise, franchise, income, and severance taxes because of Hurricane Ida. In addition, individuals may also be eligible for state sales tax refunds to personal property destroyed by a natural disaster.
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The state Department of Revenue is waiving Louisiana’s diesel fuel penalty for selling or using tax-exempt dyed diesel fuel. As with a similar step by the IRS, the penalty relief will remain in effect through at least Wednesday.
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That includes streamlining the process to obtain a license to import fuel into the state until supplies reach pre-hurricane levels.
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The 504-pound alligator suspected of killing a 71-year-old Slidell man the day after Ida made landfall has been captured. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Captain Lance Vitter says Sheriff Randy Smith promised the family of Timothy Satterlee, Sr. that they would do all they to locate his body.
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The alligator was located on Monday, two weeks after Satterlee was last seen. It was the victim’s 68-year-old wife that last saw him being attacked by the gator. She tried to assist but was unable and then she traveled to a nearby highway for assistance because 9-1-1 was not operational.
Vitter says to have Satterlee survive, Katrina, COVID, and then Ida to only be killed by an alligator while he checked on his property is even more tragic.
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After the alligator was captured, it was killed with permission granted by wildlife authorities, and they discovered what appears to be human remains inside the alligator’s stomach, and they will work with the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office to verify that they are those of Satterlee.
It has yet to be determined if Satterlee’s death will be considered a storm-related fatality, but Vitter says the knee-deep water under the victim’s home was a factor in his death.
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Satterlee was known for his volunteer work in the community along with disaster response by cooking meals for storm victims.
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LSU Coach Ed Orgeron announces running back John Emery is out for the rest of the season as he’s been ruled academically ineligible. Orgeron did not provide any specifics on what resulted in Emery being ruled ineligible. There are some asking how could this happen? Orgeron says lack of communication is not a problem…
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LSU was without three starting offensive linemen in the McNeese game. Xavier Hill, Maron Martinez and Charlers Turner started in the place of Cam Wire, Chasen Hines and Austin Deculus. Orgeron says the new guys fought hard…
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LSU will host Central Michigan this Saturday. The Chippewas lost by ten points to Missouri two weeks ago and through two games this season they are averaging 239 rushing yards a game. They are led by last year’s MAC freshman of the year Lew Nichols, who has 214 rushing yards
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