The storm named Nicholas. A Category One hurricane when it hit the Texas coast, now downgraded to a tropical depression, but still expected to drop huge amounts of rain across Louisiana for the next couple of days. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso says the National Guard is standing for rescues, should they be needed … and other first responders are standing by…:
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Calcasieu is asking motorists to stay off the roadways now through Wednesday evening.
Did you have to buy a generator because of Hurricane Ida? How about a chainsaw? FEMA is offering up to $800 reimbursal for either, with some restrictions. Spokesman Nate Custer…:
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This is for purchases made between August 25th and September 25th. For details, go to DisasterAssistance.gov.
Nicholas continues to make its way eastward across Louisiana; expected to give us a healthy dowsing of rain and possible flash floods. National Weather Service forecaster Stacy Denson…:
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Some meteorologists expect we’ll see Nicholas break up and fizzle out over our state within the next 24 to 36 hours.
And, just in time for Nicholas…utility company Entergy reports they have restored power to about 90% of their customers left powerless by Hurricane Ida. It took 15 days to get this far, but Ida was the 5th strongest storm to ever hit the U.S.A. Entergy says, as of this morning, about 87-thousand customers remain without power. The storm originally killed power for over 900-thousand Entergy accounts. They hope to have ALL power restored by the month’s end.