The Louisiana Public Service Commission says there are over 430-thousand customers without power, nine days after the storm made landfall. Jeff Palermo has the story…
State Health officials are confirming two more Ida-related deaths, both occurred in St. Tammany Parish. They involved a 68-year-old male who fell off a roof while making repairs to the structure and a 71-year-old male who died of a lack of oxygen while the power was out.
Few if any have power in Lafourche Parish more than a week after Ida’s rampage. That’s the word from Sheriff’s Captain Brennen Matherne. He says that low water pressure has been also a problem outside the Thibodaux area but most of that has been corrected.
Over 35-thousand residents of South Louisiana have applied with FEMA for a large tarp, to cover roof damage from the weather. Mike Steele, with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, says amateurs are already putting up tarps of their own, but he advises applying for the professional help…:
Installations of FEMA Blue Roof tarps begin tomorrow, but there is some rain looming in the southeast Louisiana forecast.