Sally has developed into a Hurricane ahead of schedule after rapidly strengthening this morning. National Weather Service forecaster Christopher Bannon says Sally got a bit of good luck that helped it pick up steam and grow to 85 miles per hour winds.
Landfall is expected to occur somewhere between the Mouth of the Mississippi and the Flora-Bama line Tuesday, with tracks indicating it’s leaning more eastward.
Orleans Parish Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director Collin Arnold says they are encouraged that the forecast calls for the center of the storm to stay east of New Orleans, but it’s not good that the storm is moving slowly…
The final round of 300 dollar federally boosted unemployment checks goes out this week, with no apparent efforts to replace the money on the horizon. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie says they’ve been informed by the feds the checks will cease after the payment week ending September 5th.
The round of payments that were administered mid-August and were retroactive to August 1st were funded by FEMA emergency response funds.
Louisiana reports 497 new COVID-19 cases today along with 17 additional deaths.