Louisiana will enter the next phase of economic reopening tomorrow. Governor John Bel Edwards made the call earlier today saying that the state met the gating criteria to enter Phase Three and allow fewer restrictions on business occupancy and group sizes…
Further details about what Phase Three will look like, such as the status of bars, will be provided during a Friday afternoon news conference.
The tropics are getting active with the National Hurricane Center currently monitoring six different disturbances today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says it’s not a surprise the tropics are super active…
A tropical wave in the Gulf currently is being given low chances of development.
Entergy spokesperson David Freese says the company has restored power to nearly all of their customers outside of southwest Louisiana…
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The Louisiana Public Service Commission estimates 122-thousand customers are still without power two weeks after the storm. Over 87-percent of the customers in Calcasieu Parish are still without electricity.
Swarms of mosquitos terrorized livestock in southwest Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Laura, causing the deaths of horses, deer, and cows. Evangeline Parish Veterinarian Craig Fontenot says they’ve lost 40 to 60 head in their parish as a result, and the losses are expected to continue as the cows recover from the deadly horde…
In recent days parish governments have begun running mosquito planes over affected areas, making the problem less severe.