The Northern eyewall of Ida is moving onshore along the southeastern coast of Louisiana with catastrophic storm surge and hurricane-force winds moving onshore. Ida has maximum sustained winds at 150 miles per hour moving Northwest at 13 miles per hour. Ida is located about 60 miles southeast of Houma.
Governor John Bel Edwards says Hurricane Ida will be one for the record books. Jeff Palermo has the story…
Governor Edwards will hold a press conference at 2 pm today with an update on hurricane Ida.
Entergy spokesperson David Freese says due to the projected path and intensity of hurricane Ida, customers should be prepared to be without power for several weeks as opposed to days and the extreme restoration effort that’s expected with Ida requires specialized equipment and they’ve brought in additional crews to assist.
The state Department of Children and Family Services has opened shelters to house Hurricane Ida evacuees. The first shelters to open are in Shreveport in Bastrop DCFS and Secretary Marketa Garner Walters expects more shelters will open and they will follow social distancing guidelines…
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You can get shelter information by calling 2-1-1.