Governor Edwards says about 212,000 households are still without power a week after Laura made landfall. Matt Doyle has the story.
The state surpasses a total of 150-thousand COVID-19 cases today, up by 884. Total fatalities… 4858, up 17. Hospitalizations drop by 22 to 851, the lowest since July. Ventilator use is 128, down by 4.
It’s been a week since Hurricane Laura made landfall in Cameron Parish and cut a line of devastation from Lake Charles to Ruston. Governor John Bel Edwards says as of this morning nearly 12-thousand people are being sheltered by the state, nearly all in hotels, and he’s concerned about what would happen if out of state evacuees were to return right now.
The Governor asks anyone being sheltered out of state to remain out of state for the time being.
Hurricane Laura is estimated to be an eight-to-nine billion-dollar insured loss event, the second-highest in the state’s history only behind Katrina. whether it is tarping a roof, removing a tree, or whatever actions that need to be done, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon recommends taking whatever remedial steps can be taken to minimize the loss.
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