Most of Southwest Louisiana is under a Flash Flood Watch as Tropical Storm Nicholas heads up the southeast Texas coast. Donovan Landreneau with the National Weather Service says the amount of rain the Bayou State could see could climb as high as 20 inches and storm surge could be an additional problem.
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In Tangipahoa Parish, a Loranger man is charged with aggravated assault of a utility worker after branding a gun and threatening a lineman. TPSO Chief Jimmy Travis says it happened Friday evening on Highway 445 after 35-year-old Kendrick James refused to yield to a utility crew restoring power.
Cut 6 (12) “…of a utility worker.”
More than two weeks after Hurricane Ida tore up southeast Louisiana, for the most part, the lights still aren’t back on for homes and businesses in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes. Entergy Louisiana President and CEO Phillip May, the repairs will be slow going for the time being.
According to the Louisiana Public Service Commission as of this morning, 119-thousand customers remain without power.
State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says it looks as if COVID hospitalizations peaked in mid-August during the 4th wave, but he worries progress could be lost due to families having to shelter outside their homes during Ida. Kanter says while the numbers are encouraging, we must remain vigilant with COVID mitigation.