Governor John Bel Edwards says the state is ready to move into the next phase of reopening. Moving from Phase 2 to Phase 3 means there will be fewer restrictions on the number of people that can gather and occupancy at businesses. But Edwards says the mask mandate will stay in effect in phase 3.
Further details about what Phase Three will look like, such as the status of bars, will be provided during a Friday afternoon news conference.
Entergy restarts one of its power plants in Calcasieu Parish. Entergy spokesperson David Freese estimates around 13,000 storm restoration workers are on the ground. While it is possible they have wrapped up work near a location still without power, there is more work that is needed to get power restored.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring six different tropical disturbances today. There are two named storms in the middle of the Atlantic, a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico and another tropical wave could enter the gulf next week. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the good news is that none of the tropical disturbances are a major threat to the U-S coastline…
The NHC gives the tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico a low chance of development.
Swarms of mosquitos terrorized livestock in southwest Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Laura, causing the deaths of horses, deer, and cows. Reports indicate a large part of the swarm was pushed out of the marsh by Hurricane Laura. Evangeline Parish Veterinarian Craig Fontenot says that plus the rains that came after made a tough situation worse.