The Louisiana Public Service Commission says over 430-thousand homes and businesses are without power. Power is out for at least 95-percent of the customers in Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Charles, and St. John Parishes. But Entergy Louisiana President Phillip May says electricity is flowing again in LaPlace
Power to the people is still slow to come for a lot of folks in Lafourche Parish. That’s the word this morning from Sheriff’s Captain Brennen Matherne. He says that low water pressure has been also a problem outside the Thibodaux area but most of that has been corrected.
Some Hurricane Ida storm survivors are receiving 500-dollars from FEMA after registering for disaster aid…
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FEMA spokesperson Patrick Boland says critical needs assistance goes to individuals displaced from their primary residence to help pay for life-sustaining items, like water, food, infant formula, medicine, and fuel.
SNAP recipients in 18 parishes impacted by Hurricane Ida will receive automatic additional benefits due to power outages that affected at least half the residents in the parish. Assistant Secretary for the Division of Family Support at Department of Children and Family Services, Shavana Howard says the USDA approved the waiver.
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She says they should see that benefit on their card by September 11th.