The American Red Cross is aiding in areas of the state that were heavily impacted by Hurricane Ida. President and CEO Gail McGovern has visited southeast Louisiana herself and seen the widespread devastation. She says they are providing a number of services.
McGovern says at the height of providing shelter, the Red Cross assisted up to forty thousand people.
Congressman Steve Scalise says Louisiana’s congressional delegation is on board with likely getting a separate funding package passed to help Ida-ravaged Southeast and Southwest Louisiana. He says the money needed to effect a massive repair effort will require billions of federal dollars due to the damage.
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Entergy Louisiana President Phillip May says the lights are back on for more of the utility’s customers. He says power has now been restored to more than 90-percent of those who can take it in the greater New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas.
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May says so far 682-thousand customers have had their power restored post-Ida of 902-thousand who were left in the dark. The bad news is that more than 90-percent of Entergy’s customers in Lafourche, St. Charles and Terrebonne parishes still have no power.
A juvenile was found fatally shot outside of a home in Natchitoches this morning. Natchitoches Police Corporal John Greely says officers responded to the scene on Highland Park Drive just after six o’clock.
Greely says they are asking the public to provide tips that could lead to an arrest. He says the shooting occurred in a residential neighborhood