After making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Port Fourchon with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, Hurricane Ida is down to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. The center of the storm is passing just east of Matthews, which is in Lafourche Parish. The state health department says there was a partial generator failure at Thibodaux Regional which forced doctors and nurses to quickly move ICU patients to another floor.

The main levee system that protects the New Orleans metro area is expected to withstand Ida’s powerful storm surge. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Matt Roe says 14 billion dollars in federal money went towards building this extensive levee system…
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Governor John Bel Edwards has requested a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration as a result of the massive damage southeast Louisiana is experiencing from Hurricane Ida. In the meantime, Edwards has activated the entire Louisiana National Guard, which means 49-hundred soldiers are able to respond to this disaster…
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Utility companies are anticipating a massive restoration effort that could take weeks to complete. Entergy spokesperson David Freese says there will be some real challenges….
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And this from the National Weather Service, there’s a tornado warning until seven o’ clock for Slidell, Lacombe and Pearl River.