Those in Southeast Louisiana are waking up to survey damage from a historically powerful Hurricane Ida. It’ll likely take the rest of the day to get a full accounting but already we know coastal communities were devastated, Laplace faced shockingly high levels of flooding, and the New Orleans Metro Area may be without power for three weeks. State Climatologist Barry Keim…
Ida was blamed for at least one death; In Ascension Parish, a man was hit by a falling tree on Sunday. This morning many roads are impassable in southeast Louisiana and cellphone service is unavailable in some places. Authorities in Jefferson Parish say residents could be without power for 21 days and at least five days without water. All New Orleans lost power shortly after sunset. Entergy Louisiana reports 858-thousand customers are without power.
Coastal parishes of southeast Louisiana are reporting catastrophic damage from Hurricane Ida. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s office Captain Brennan Matherne says the good news is that their levee systems held up to the storm.
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For those looking for a shelter, can call 2-1-1 or text l-a shelter to 898 211. Governor John Bel Edwards says they have sheltered 15-hundred evacuees, but more will be needed, and they have a large space to do so, because of COVID…
The governor has activated the entire Louisiana National Guard, which means 49-hundred soldiers responding to this disaster