In the tropics Edouard became a named storm yesterday, setting the record for the earliest formation of a fifth named storm of a season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Louisiana is currently experiencing unstable weather influenced in part by a system that is moving over the Florida Panhandle. Keim says the pattern will be bringing rain to Louisiana over the next few days.
Louisiana adds just over 11-hundred new COVID-19 cases today. The state reports 44% of those cases are from people 29 and younger. 98% of the new cases are from community spread. The daily percentage of positive tests in at 9.84%.
An LSU economist warns holding fan-less LSU Football games would hammer the Baton Rouge and LSU athletics budget. Loren Scott says LSU Football made 56.6 million dollars in profit in 2019. Scott says the cancellation of the football season could impair other sports’ ability to operate.
Parish level leaders are calling for more federal funding as the National Association of Counties estimates budget losses due to COVID-19 are roughly $144 billion. Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson says the impact on the offshore oil and gas industry is hurting the parish’s oil revenue.
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