Tropical Storm Ida is showing signs of strengthening as it moves northwest at 15 miles per hour. It’s currently located south of Western Cuba and is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane along the Louisiana coast. Christopher Bannon is with the National Weather Service in New Orleans…
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A landfall near Lafourche-Terrebonne Parish is most likely. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s office spokesperson, Lt. Brennan Matherne, says if this current track holds, he expects evacuation orders will go out today…
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Governor Edwards has declared a state emergency. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is urging all Louisianans to plan accordingly.

Today is the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Laura’s landfall in Cameron Parish. Laura came ashore with 150 mile per hour winds and left behind an estimated 17.5 billion dollars in damage in Louisiana. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says there are still plenty of blue tarps and homes that have yet to be rebuilt after the fifth strongest storm to hit the US mainland and the second strongest to hit Louisiana, but he says the city’s residents have kept each other going.
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Hunter is upset the federal government has yet approve millions of dollars in grant money that can help hurricane victims rebuild.

US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (hav-E-air Beh-sara) will be in New Orleans today to tour health facilities that are inundated with COVID patients. New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says he formally requested additional aid from the Biden Administration…
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2,729 Louisianans are currently hospitalized with COVID, down from the 3,000 seen last week.