Louisiana will move to Phase Three tomorrow. Matt Doyle has the story.
The state reports 499 new COVID-19 cases today out of 10,557 new tests. The state has also surpassed more than 2 million total tests. Total fatalities: 4991, up by 21. Hospitalizations dip by 20 to 762… the lowest level since June.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring six different tropical disturbances today. There are two named storms in the middle of the Atlantic, a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico and another tropical wave could enter the gulf next week. State Climatologist Barry Keim says to have six have systems at one time is rare…
Keim says the good news is that none of the tropical disturbances are a major threat to the U-S coastline…
Entergy has successfully restarted one of its power plants in Calcasieu Parish. Entergy spokesperson David Freese says crews brought the plant online by repairing a transmission line damaged by Hurricane Laura. While it is possible storm restoration workers may have wrapped up work near a location still without power, there is more work that is needed to get power restored.