The National Hurricane Center is forecasting that Tropical Storm Laura will ramp up into a hurricane once it gets in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and then make landfall as a Category One Storm in Louisiana on Wednesday. Tim Destri with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says Laura is currently disorganized as it moves over Puerto Rico. He says Laura is also expected to move over Cuba’s rugged terrain…
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And there’s also Tropical Storm Marco, which is showing signs of strengthening in the northwestern Caribbean Sea. But Destri says the National Hurricane Center does not expect Marco to become a hurricane and eventually make landfall as a tropical storm in Texas late Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning.

Governor Edwards has declared a state of emergency as Louisiana prepares for the potential impact of two named storms.

Colleges and universities will publicly report on-campus COVID-19 case data each week. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Alex Billioux says the main goal is to pinpoint where outbreaks occur in an effort to mitigate further spread.
Cut 3 (11) “…early as possible.”
Billioux admits it will be more difficult to handle COVID outbreaks on a college campus compared to an outbreak that might occur at a business.

A second federal judge has ruled in favor of Governor Edwards executive order that restricts bars to only take-out and delivery service. Bar owners claim they were shut down without constitutional due process. But Judge Robert Summerhays in Lafayette ruled last night there is a real and substantial relation between the restrictions on bars and the state’s effort to control the spread of COVID-19. A federal judge in New Orleans also ruled in favor of Governor Edwards.