With temperatures getting up to the mid-40s, north Louisiana is beginning to thaw out. Tens of thousands of customers, however, remain without electricity according to power-outage dot-us, with more than half of those being in Ouachita Parish. In nearby Lincoln Parish, the outages were not nearly as significant. Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker…
Things are back to normal along I-20, after crews were able to clear all the stalled 18-wheelers that had ground traffic to a standstill, stranding drivers for hours on end. Erin Buchanan with DOTD says you’ll still want to pay attention along I-20, as you should always do.
Over the last seven days, Red Cross disaster action teams have responded to no fewer than 44 single-family home fires and two multi-family home fires throughout the state. Shelby Wells with the Red Cross of Louisiana says those teams are 100-percent volunteer-based.
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The Red Cross helps those displaced with money for immediate needs like temporary housing, clothes and food, and all the money comes from donations.
The frigid temperatures this week put a temporary pause on the harvesting of crawfish. LSU Ag Center crawfish agent Todd Fontenot says when it gets really cold, crawfish bury themselves in the mud…
Fontenot says we can still expect the peak supply of crawfish from late February and into April.