Parishes in southeast Louisiana are assessing damage and beginning the cleanup and recovery from a rare late October storm. Jeff Palermo has the story…
The St Bernard Sheriff’s Office is imposing a strict curfew tonight from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Friday. Plaquemines Parish set a curfew from sunset until sunrise. They will also have security checkpoints at the parish lines on the westbank and eastbank to screen motorists entering the parish during curfew hours.
Zeta made landfall near Cocodrie, in Terrebonne Parish shortly after 4 pm Wednesday. Lieutenant Brennan Matherne with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s says numerous trees are down in neighboring Lafourche Parish and there’s property damage in Golden Meadow and Leeville. Zeta was a fast-moving storm and Matherne says the speed of the storm helped minimize the damage.
To say the Bayou State is experiencing weather extremes is an understatement, after a Category Two hurricane strikes the state, now we are experiencing much cooler temperatures in less than 24 hours. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the next couple of days could be even colder, not significantly but chilly.