All eyes are on the tropics as two tropical depressions are expected to form into named storms today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the closest system to Louisiana is tropical depression 14 and is currently getting better organized in the Western Caribbean. Keim says the tropical depression 13 is also gaining steam but is about 750 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands in the Atlantic.
Cut 10 (10) “…as a hurricane.”
Keim says both storms are likely to impact the US and Louisiana could be a landing spot for either or both.
American Airlines is suspending flights out of Lake Charles from October 7th through November 3rd. American says it the first step in an evaluation of their network, but Lake Charles Regional Airport Director Heath Allen says it’s surprising considering how strongly they’ve bounced back.
Seven SEC teams have released their reduced stadium capacities so far, with all of them having capacities somewhere between 20 and 25 percent. Governor John Bel Edwards says the capacity limits won’t just be based on how safely you can space people out in the stadium, but how safely you can move people around the stadium.
Face coverings will also be mandatory at all SEC games.
The state reports the largest single-day drop in COVID hospitalizations in three months as the total falls to 1,087, down by 73, and marks the first time since July 9th it has been below 1100. Just over 900 new cases today, total cases: 140,821… Total deaths, 4,496, up by 28.