Entergy Louisiana President and CEO Phillip May says the lights are back on for more of the utility’s customers. He says power has now been restored to more than 90-percent of those who can take it in the greater New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas.
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He says so far 682-thousand customers have had their power restored post-Ida of 902-thousand who were left in the dark. The bad news is that more than 90-percent of Entergy’s customers in Lafourche, St. Charles and Terrebonne parishes still have no power.
Congressman Steve Scalise says Louisiana’s congressional delegation is on board with likely getting a separate funding package passed to help Ida-ravaged Southeast and Southwest Louisiana. Scalise, who’s had a first-hand look at the damage doled out by Ida, says he believes Ida packed 190-mile-per-hour winds when it initially came ashore in the Port Fourchon area.
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The American Red Cross is aiding with hurricane recovery. Brooke Thorington has more from the president and CEO.