Hurricane Ida is in the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. National Weather Service Meteorologist Ben Schott says Ida is expected to move northwest towards Terrebonne Parish and make landfall as a Category Four storm…
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Ida’s damaging winds are expected to produce lengthy power outages. Vice President of Distribution at Entergy Louisiana John Hawkins says crews are going through pre-storm checklists, making sure that additional supplies, including poles, transformers, and other equipment are on hand…
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for Lafourche, Terrebonne, Assumption and St. Charles parishes. Over in St. Bernard. Director of Homeland Security John Rahaim (Ram) says because Ida developed so quickly they did not have enough time to issue any formal evacuation orders….
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The state has started to open shelters. There’s one in Shreveport on Jewella Avenue and another in Bastrop on East Madison Street. For more information call 2-1-1.

And on the COVID front, Governor Edwards has extended the state’s indoor mask mandate through the month of September…
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