Many Hurricane Ida storm survivors are receiving 500-dollars from FEMA after registering for disaster aid…
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FEMA spokesperson Patrick Boland says critical needs assistance goes to individuals displaced from their primary residence to help pay for life-sustaining items, like water, food, infant formula, medicine, and fuel.

Entergy says more than 51-percent of their customers have power again and CLECO says its restoration percentage is 90-percent. There are some who say why don’t utility companies bury the electricity infrastructure underground. Public Service Commissioner Doctor Craig Greene says it’s an idea that should be looked at, but it’s expensive and it might not prevent all power outages…
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SNAP Recipients in 18 parishes will see an increase in their benefits to help with food replacement lost during Hurricane Ida. Brooke Thorington has more
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The tropics are not a concern for Louisiana right now and a cold front will move through the state later this week.