Hurricane Delta is a major hurricane, Category 3 storm, as it approaches southwest Louisiana this morning. Landfall is expected tonight in eastern Cameron Parish. It’s moving north at 12 miles per hour but will turn towards the northeast and pass near Alexandria into northeast Louisiana as a tropical storm on Saturday. National Weather Service Meteorologist Ben Schott says everyone in the state should pay attention to this storm…
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I-10 was filled with motorists getting out of southwest Louisiana yesterday. Cameron Parish Sheriff Ron Johnson says most of their residents have chosen to find other accommodations this weekend…
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Hurricane Delta is expected to create widespread power outages, but hopefully not to the extent of what we saw after Hurricane Laura when over a half-million customers were without electricity. Entergy CEO Phillip May says about 75-percent of towers and transmission systems have been replaced with equipment to now withstand winds of 140-150 to miles per hour…
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Governor John Bel Edwards is keeping the current Phase Three coronavirus public health restrictions in place until November 6th. That includes the statewide mask mandate. Edwards says the current mitigation measures have been able to keep the state’s case count and hospitalizations down, even with most businesses expanding operations.
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