Terrebonne Parish is continuing its recovery efforts more than three weeks after Hurricane Ida tore up the coastal area. Parish spokesman, Mart Black, says while most of the power is back and water has been mostly restored, housing for storm victims is the biggest problem.
Black says that after Ida hit the Terrebonne Parish was left in the dark, and today at least 16-percent of Entergy customers still don’t have electricity.
St. John the Baptist Parish is undergoing several hurdles with recovery from Hurricane Ida. But, Parish President Jaclyn Hotard notes the parish broke ground on a levee this year that’s expected to be completed in 2024. She says a completed structure would have made a difference with Ida.
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The $750-million levee is being paid for with a combination of federal and state funds.
There are growing concerns of permanent population loss in southeastern coastal parishes after Hurricane Ida. Demographer Greg Rigamer says he expects a good number of coastal parishes residents will choose not to return. Since Katrina, the area has suffered devastating effects from Gustav, Isaac, and now Ida. Rigamer, who is a New Orleans resident, says right now he’d guess up to a hundred thousand could leave the area permanently.
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Beginning today, residents in ten Louisiana parishes impacted by Hurricane Ida can apply for disaster food stamps. DCFS Assistant Secretary Shavana Howard says those with last names starting with A-to-F in East Baton, Iberia, Orleans, St. Tammany, Washington and five other parishes can call the L-A Help-U Customer Service center to apply and be interviewed…
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Applicants for DSNAP interviews should call 1-888-524-3578 and have financial and personal information available.