Two weeks after Hurricane Ida and the Louisiana Public Service Commission reports 130-thousand utility customers remain without power. 82-percent of the utility customers in St. Charles Parish does not have electricity, 70-percent in Terrebonne Parish, and around 60-percent are still in the dark in St. John and Lafourche Parishes. Entergy CEO Phillip May…
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Entergy has made progress in Tangipahoa and Livingston as less than 20-percent of the customers in those parishes are without power.

The Bayou Community Foundation, which is helping residents in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish says money keeps pouring into its Hurricane Ida relief fund…
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Bayou Community Foundation Director Jennifer Armand says the money is going towards fuel, food, and various other needs in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish.

Statewide COVID hospitalizations appear to have peaked in mid-August, but health officials fear Hurricane Ida could reverse the state’s progress…
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