Coastal parishes of southeast Louisiana are reporting catastrophic damage from Hurricane Ida. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s office Captain Brennan Matherne says he rode out the storm in Galliano and experienced Ida’s wrath for several hours. He says the eye of the storm crossed over the town of Lockport…
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So far just one confirmed death from Ida. A tree fell on a resident’s home in Ascension Parish killing a man. Governor John Bel Edwards says one of his biggest concerns is how many lives will they lose as a result of Ida…
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Flash flooding is still a threat in southeast Louisiana.

President Joe Biden is pledging a massive federal effort to help southeast Louisiana respond and the President knows the region is in for a long recovery…
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Governor Edwards’ request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration was approved by President Biden. Edwards will not just rely on federal aid. The governor has activated the entire Louisiana National Guard, which means 49-hundred soldiers responding to this disaster
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Edwards Tweeted out this morning that the state has deployed more than 16-hundred personnel to conduct search and rescue across southeast Louisiana. Lower Jefferson Parish and LaPlace are some of the hardest-hit areas.