President Joe Biden told residents in a hurricane-damaged neighborhood in LaPlace that he knows they are hurting. Yesterday, the President got both an aerial and street view of the widespread damage from Hurricane Ida. During a briefing with state and local officials, Biden pledged that the federal government will stand with Louisiana as it rebuilds…
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FEMA has activated Transitional Sheltering Assistance for storm victims. That’s a program where the federal government pays for lodging expenses at participating hotels. FEMA spokesperson Nate Custer says T-S-A eligible applicants must find and book their own hotel rooms…
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For more information go to disaster-assistance-dot-gov.

Entergy has provided restoration times for all of Louisiana. Lafourche Parish, Lower Jefferson Parish, St. Charles Parish, Terrebonne and much of Plaquemines Parish will not see much of their electricity return until September 29th. Entergy’s vice president of distribution operations, John Hawkins, says the damage done is enormous…
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Hawkins says there’s also nearly five million feet of downed wire and over 37-hundred damaged transformers.

Houma Representative Tanner Magee is amazed with the destruction from Hurricane Ida…
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A lot of cleanup will take place this Labor Day weekend.