Hurricane Ida made landfall just before noon near Port Fourchon packing maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. Ida’s maximum sustained winds have fallen to 130 miles per hour as it moves northwestward over southeastern Louisiana. New Orleans has yet to feel the brunt of the storm, but U-S Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Matt Roe believes the 14-point-five billion-dollar levee system constructed after Katrina can withstand Ida’s intense storm surge…
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Terrebonne Parish President Gordon Dove says the parish has a 78-mile levee system and as far as he can tell it’s holding up…
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But the property damage is expected to be intensive.

Governor Edwards says there are 15-hundred people sheltered statewide in 23 different shelters. Don Molino has info on how to find one…
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Over 425-thousand Entergy customers are without power. Entergy spokesperson Brandon Freese says some customers in the hardest-hit areas could be without power for several weeks…
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