FEMA has approved Transitional Sheltering Assistance for residents who’ve been displaced by Hurricane Ida. FEMA spokesperson Nate Custer the first step to qualify for any assistance is to register with FEMA by calling 1-800-621-3362 or online at DisasterAssistance.gov.
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Entergy believes much of metro New Orleans will see power return by Wednesday. Entergy CEO Phillip May says they are still working on developing restoration estimates for the River Parishes along with Terrebonne, Lafourche, and lower Jefferson Parish
At its peak, Entergy had 950-thousand customers without power.
An investigation is underway into the death of four nursing home residents who were transported to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish that was overcrowded with other nursing home patients. Independence Police Chief Frank Edwards says 843 patients were put in the warehouse when capacity called for up to 350. Edwards says he notified his brother, Governor John Bel Edwards…
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The nursing home patients sent to this warehouse in Independence came from seven southeastern Louisiana nursing homes owned by Bob Dean, who has not commented.
The state reports 2,625 new COVID-19 cases today and 51 fatalities from the virus. 2,254 patients are currently hospitalized in the state with COVID and 91-percent of those patients are unvaccinated.
If you are in need of shelter, you can call 2-1-1 or text 898-211 and type LA shelter.