Hurricane Ida slammed into southeast Louisiana with 150 mile per hour winds causing massive damage to the coastal parishes, the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas and the Northshore. According to Power-outage-dot-us, one million customers are without power in Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim…
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Governor Edwards says the restoration effort will take some time…
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Ochsner will evacuate patients from hospitals in Houma and Raceland because of roof damage to those facilities.

There are still strong thunderstorms south of New Orleans, which will impede recovery efforts in the coastal parishes. Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner says Hurricane Ida left the area in total devastation and people need to be rescued from their flooded homes. Water rescues will also be needed in the LaPlace area.

The levee system that protects New Orleans withstood Hurricane Ida’s life-threatening storm surge. U-S Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Matt Roe says after Katrina the federal government spent 14.5 billion dollars on a system designed to reduce the damage from powerful hurricanes
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Roe says inside the ring of levees, they have a system of canals and pumps to remove water.

The Saints and LSU football teams evacuated prior to Hurricane Ida’s landfall. The Black and Gold canceled its final preseason game against Arizona and arrived in Dallas to continue preparations for the regular season opener at home against Green Bay on September 12th.

The Fighting Tigers are in Houston and will spend the rest of the week there preparing for Saturday’s season opener against UCLA. The Bayou Bengals will leave for Los Angeles on Thursday.

The Bruins blew out a hapless Hawaii team on Saturday 44 to 10. UCLA held Hawaii to just 26 yards rushing and intercepted two passes. Special teams blocked a punt for a touchdown and Bruins running back Zach Charbonnnet rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns. It was not a great day for UCLA Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson. The senior from Las Vegas threw for only 130 yards and one touchdown.

U-L Lafayette will not require fans to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a negative COVID test prior to attending football games this season. The school is recommending that fans wear a mask inside the stadium and self-monitor for symptoms prior to arriving for the game. Socially distant seating will be available for fans in the general admission areas on the east side of the stadium. The Cajuns home opener is September 11th when U-L Lafayette hosts Nicholls. Up first is a game against 21st ranked Texas.

Here’s the rest of the schedule involving Louisiana teams. Louisiana Tech is at Mississippi State. ULM travels to Kentucky. Nicholls is at Memphis, Northwestern State is at North Texas, Southern is at Troy, Grambling is a Tennessee State McNeese hosts West Florida and Southeastern Louisiana is scheduled to host North Alabama.

Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category Four hurricane near Port Fouchon and now it’s a tropical storm in southwestern Mississippi, but it left a path of destruction across southeast Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says it wasn’t until the center of Ida reached Mississippi that it lost its hurricane status…
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Once the sun comes up, water rescues will take place. There are reports of hundreds of people stranded in lower in Jefferson Parish. In St Charles Parish, families are in their attic in LaPlace to get away from flood waters. There are reports of roofs torn off of Ochsner hospitals in Houma and Raceland and patients there will have to be evacuated to other facilities.

President Joe Biden vows to put the country’s “full might” behind rescue and recovery efforts in southeast Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Ida.

Biden says they’ve pre-positioned a number of federal assets including 2.5 million meals and three million liters of water. He says they have generators in place and are in contact with power companies…
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The New Orleans region suffered “catastrophic” damage to the power grid, losing a transmission tower and all eight transmission lines serving New Orleans and the east bank of Jefferson Parish.

Entergy spokesperson David Freese says they beefed up personnel before the storm arrived…
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Governor Edwards says there will be 30-thousand linemen in the state to restore the power.

Hurricane Ida delivered a massive blow to southeast Louisiana with damaging winds, a powerful storm surge, and several inches of rain. Kevin Gallagher has more…
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Over 850-thousand people are without power Monday morning. Entergy spokesperson David Freese says it will take weeks to get the power on for some…
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Hurricane Ida is now a tropical storm in southwestern Mississippi but it left a path of destruction through southeast Louisiana. Many people who decided to ride out the storm are now waiting on help. There are several residents reportedly trapped in LaPlace. Hundreds of people are also stranded in lower in Jefferson Parish as a result of the overtopping of levees.

But the levees that failed during Hurricane Katrina and flooded the city of New Orleans, withstood Ida’s power. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Matt Roe says 14-point-5 billion dollars were spent to protect the city from a 100-year level of storm surge, which is a surge that has a one percent chance of happening…
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Ida has weakened to a tropical storm over southwestern Mississippi after leaving a path of destruction through southeast Louisiana. All of New Orleans is without power after Entergy says they suffered catastrophic damage. Entergy spokesperson David Freese says there will be some real challenges in getting the power back on….
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Patients at Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland and the Leonard Chabert Medical Center in Houma will have to be evacuated to other facilities because of roof damage. Governor Edwards says before the storm came, many at risk patients were evacuated…
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President Joe Biden says the federal government will surge into southeast Louisiana this morning to assist in rescue and recovery efforts. Matt Doyle has the story.
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A man in Ascension Parish was killed when a tree fell on his home. This is the first reported death from Hurricane Ida. Sheriff Bobby Webre says the incident occurred along LA 621 in the Duplessis area, which is between Gonzales and Prairieville.

Hurricane Ida is on its way out of the state north out of St. Helena and East Feliciana Parishes, still as a category one hurricane. Kevin Gallagher reports the state government is ready to move in to begin recovery once the sun rises on a battered Bayou State…

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President Biden approved Governor Edwards’ request for a President Major Disaster Declaration, clearing the way for a massive influx of federal aid.

Despite a historic battering the federal levee system around the New Orleans area held strong and kept Ida from recreating the worst of Hurricane Katrina’s citywide flooding. U-S Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Matt Roe says that’s because after Katrina the federal government spent 14.5 billion dollars on a system designed to reduce the damage from powerful hurricanes

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Over a million households and businesses are without power this morning. State Climatologist Barry Keim says because the damage was so widespread it may take quite a while for everyone to get their lights back.

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So far only one confirmed death from Ida, that being an ascension parish man who died when a tree hit his home.

Hurricane Ida is expected to exit the state sometime within the next hour after sulking across the southeastern portion of The Boot for over 12 hours. The system is still a hurricane, but much weaker now a category one after making landfall near Port Fourchon as a Category Four.

Power is out to over a million households and businesses in Louisiana right now, with the outlook bleak for a quick recovery. A transmission tower supplying New Orleans and the East Bank of Jefferson Parish is down and lines into far southeastern portions have been taken offline.

President Biden approved the state’s request for a President Major Disaster Declaration, saying the feds will be there to help the region get back on its feet, as long as it takes…

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2.5 meals have been positioned to go out to needy communities.

In just a few hours those in Southeast Louisiana will wake up to survey damage from the historically powerful Hurricane Ida.

It’ll likely take the rest of the day to get a full accounting but already we know coastal communities were devastated, Laplace faced shockingly high levels of flooding, and the New Orleans Metro Area may be without power for an extended period. State Climatologist Barry Keim…

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Keim says and the rain totals stayed low and the federal levees we can be fairly sure we aren’t looking at devastation on the level we saw from Katrina…

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Hurricane Ida is close to exiting the state, now heading through north Tangipahoa Parish on its way to St. Helena and East Feliciana as a category one hurricane. Some wind impacts are still expected across the Northshore throughout the night and emergency response officials warn people not to leave their homes yet for fear of down powerlines and surprise flooding.

In the more than 12 hours since Ida first made landfall near Port Fourchon only one death has been officially reported, that of an Ascension Parish man who died when a tree fell on his home. That number is likely to grow once the sun comes up over the Bayou State and response teams can fully survey the damage along the coast and in Laplace where a reported seven feet of water was covering the I-10 nearby.

According to the public service commission a million Louisiana households are without power but that number is expected to grow in the coming hours.

President Joe Biden vows to put the country’s “full might” behind rescue and recovery efforts in southeast Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Ida.

Biden says they’ve pre-positioned a number of federal assets including 2.5 million meals and three million liters of water. He says they have generators in place and are in contact with power companies…

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The New Orleans region suffered “catastrophic” damage to the power grid, losing a transmission tower and all eight transmission lines serving New Orleans and the east bank of Jefferson Parish.

Biden says they’ve been praying for the best but planning for the worst and are ready to help starting this morning. He says FEMA is ready to move in and assist ASAP…

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Ida has been further downgraded to a category one and is now pushing through northern Livingston and Tangipahoa Parish after cutting directly between Baton Rouge and Hammond.

There are reports of extensive flooding in Laplace with as much as six feet of water in some neighborhoods. Ida seemingly parked over Laplace for two hours after moving on from Houma bringing severe storm surge from Lake Ponchartrain and rainfall.

The national weather service reports a levee near Lafitte and Jean Lafitte failed and called for everyone in the area to immediately seek higher ground due to a flash flood emergency.

There’s growing concern that it could take an extended period of time before power is restored to the New Orleans area after a transmission tower was taken down several hours ago. The public service commission reports a million households are now without power.

President Joe Biden vows to send an “army” of support to southeast Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Ida. The President approved Governor Edwards’ request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration earlier Sunday, and Edwards says every state resource at our disposal is ready to move in and help in recovery and rescue efforts once the winds dissipate in a few hours.

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With power out and homes flooded thousands of Louisianans are expected to need state shelter in the coming days. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says if you need shelter call 2-1-1, and listen to local officials…

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