The Louisiana Department of Health has taken further action against the owner of the seven nursing homes that evacuated over 800 residents to a Tangipahoa warehouse ahead of Hurricane Ida. Dave Brannen has more…
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Despite those efforts, there have been seven nursing home deaths linked to the evacuation. The owner of the nursing homes is businessman Bob Dean.

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin has asked Governor Edwards to delay the fall elections for a month to November and December. Edwards is considering Ardoin’s request.

The adverbs to describe the massive destruction left behind by Hurricane Ida are almost endless, Senator John Kennedy who visited Houma and Thibodaux on Tuesday called the damage “breathtaking”, coupled with a lot of “misery”.
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Kennedy will return to Capitol Hill next week and push for Congress to approve funding that can help with the long-term housing needs.

Louisiana Departement of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Garner Walters believes they’ll get approval soon from the federal government to offer disaster food stamps. Walters says residents who suffered food loss during the storm are urged to preregister…
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To receive DSNAP information you can call 2-1-1 or text DSNAP to 898-211.

The Louisiana Department of Health has revoked the licenses from the seven nursing homes that evacuated over 800 residents to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish as Hurricane Ida approached. LDH executive counsel Stephen Russo says Baton Rouge businessman Bob Dean owns the nursing homes…
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The nursing homes are located in Orleans, Lafourche, Jefferson, and Terrebonne Parishes. Seven deaths have been linked to the evacuation.

Senator John Kennedy visited hurricane-ravaged Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes yesterday and he’s worried about the long-term housing needs…
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Meanwhile, the White House has finally asked Congress to approve disaster relief funding for southwest Louisiana to address long-term recovery needs.

The federal government has yet to approve disaster food stamps, which would help Hurricane Ida victims that are not eligible for the regular food stamp program buy food. Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says the significant power outages in southeast Louisiana is playing a role in that decision…
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Meanwhile, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Louisiana is doing what it can to make sure storm survivors do not go hungry. Second Harvest spokesperson Jay Vise says they’ve delivered one-point-one million pounds of food, water, and supplies to storm victims thanks to donations that have come from food banks in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee…
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Progress continues to be made in getting the power restored after Hurricane Ida. But many are asking why can’t utility companies just move the infrastructure to distribute power underground. Don Molino reports it’s not that easy
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The Louisiana Public Service Commission says over 430-thousand customers are still without power. Power is out for at least 95-percent of the customers in St. John, St. Charles, Lafourche, and Terrebonne Parishes.

The Louisiana Department of Health is still in its early stages of an investigation into the evacuation of over 800 nursing home residents to a facility in Tangipahoa Parish that could not handle that many residents and conditions quickly deteriorated once generators started failing. Governor John Bel Edwards…
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There have been seven deaths linked to this particular evacuation.

FEMA says it has approved more than 158-thousand applications for disaster assistance and nearly 171-million dollars to help Louisiana residents recover. FEMA spokesperson Patrick Boland says if you were impacted by Hurricane Ida, you should register at disasterassistance.gov…
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You can also register at 1-800-621-FEMA.

If you live in a parish impacted by Hurricane Ida, you might be eligible for $500 from FEMA. Brooke Thorington has more.
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FEMA is also reimbursing people who bought chainsaws and generators as a result of Hurricane Ida. FEMA says applicants could get up to 800-dollars for generators and 250-dollars for chainsaws. But if you use insurance money to purchase a chainsaw or generator, then you are not eligible.

The state health department and the Louisiana Attorney General’s office are looking into the evacuation of over 800 nursing home residents from seven different facilities to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish. Even though L-D-H approved plans to evacuate nursing home residents to that site, state health officials say the plan was not properly executed. Governor John Bel Edwards says it’s not easy to evacuate a nursing home, but dozens of facilities did it successfully…
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Food stamp recipients who live in parishes that experienced major power outages will receive an automatic 55-percent increase in their monthly allotment. Shavana Howard with D-C-F-S says the U-S-D-A recognized a lot of families lost food when the power went out for several days…
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Howard says food stamp recipients should receive the extra allotment by Saturday.

Many people who are registering for disaster aid with FEMA are receiving 500-dollars in what is called critical needs assistance. FEMA spokesperson Patrick Boland says they are distributing the money to help pay for water, food, first aid, medical supplies, and fuel…
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Anyone who has been impacted by Ida should register with FEMA at 1-800-621-FEMA or through the FEMA app. There’s also disaster-assistance-dot-gov.

The Times-Picayune and The Advocate reports the Louisiana Department of Health approved Bob Dean’s plans to evacuate as many as 700 nursing home residents to a warehouse in Independence, but L-D-H says the plan was not properly executed for Hurricane Ida. Governor John Bel Edwards had this to say about the situation…
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The state health department says there have been seven nursing home deaths connected to the evacuation.

The extensive and lengthy power outages from Hurricane Ida have spurred talk of moving power lines below the surface and building an electrical grid system underground. Public Service Commission Chairman Doctor Craig Greene says the cost would be enormous
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President Biden says there are dollars available to make the state’s power system more resilient in the infrastructure bill that’s waiting for Congress’ approval.

SNAP recipients in 18 parishes impacted by Hurricane Ida will receive automatic additional benefits due to power outages that affected at least half the residents in the parish. Assistant Secretary for the Division of Family Support at Department of Children and Family Services, Shavana Howard says the USDA approved the waiver.
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