Over half a million households and businesses remain without power in Louisiana on Monday, eight days after Hurricane Ida struck the state. Nearly 526,000 power outages in the state were reported as of Monday morning, according to PowerOutage.us. That was down from approximately 597,391 outages on Sunday afternoon. Crews with Entergy, Cleco, and other utility…
Over 500,000 Louisiana Residents Still Without Power 8 Days After Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida Evacuees Urged to Return to New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS—With power due back for almost all of New Orleans by next week, Mayor LaToya Cantrell strongly encouraged residents who evacuated because of Hurricane Ida to begin returning home. But outside the city, the prospects of recovery appeared bleaker, with no timeline on power restoration and homes and businesses in tatters. Six days after…
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At least 45 are dead, hundreds are without homes, and thousands are without power following Ida’s path through the northeast, residents in a New Orleans suburb are still reeling from the damages to their homes, and Los Angeles firefighters fight their department’s vaccine mandate.
New Orleans Imposes Curfew to Prevent Crime After Hurricane Ida
The city of New Orleans imposed a curfew following Hurricane Ida in a bid to prevent looting and other crime, according to Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Cantrell, in a press briefing on Tuesday, said that the city’s police and the Louisiana National Guard will enforce the curfew. The mandate, according to her order, lasts from 8…
Louisiana Power Outages Could Last for Weeks
People living in the areas hit by Hurricane Ida could be without power for weeks, a large utility provider said Tuesday. Entergy, which delivers electricity to some 3 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, said it restored power to 85,000 customers who were affected by the hurricane, which slammed into Louisiana on Sunday—plunging…
US Declares a Public Health Emergency Post Hurricane Ida
WASHINGTON—U.S. health officials Monday declared public health emergencies for Louisiana and Mississippi, seeking to suspend government red tape that may get in the way of providing help to people affected by Hurricane Ida. The emergency declaration by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra puts a pause on certain payment rules and other requirements that…
New Orleans Officials Warn Against Would-Be Looters, Tell Evacuees Not to Return After Ida
Officials in New Orleans on Monday said that people who evacuated should not return to the city following impacts from Hurricane Ida, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, causing mass power outages, while the mayor warned would-be looters. New Orleans’ emergency response agency, NOLA Ready, wrote that the city has no power or 911…
New Orleans Entirely Without Power, 911 Service Due to Ida: Officials
All of New Orleans, Louisana, is now without power due to Hurricane Ida, according to the city’s emergency preparedness campaign. Entergy, the main utility for New Orleans, “confirmed that New Orleans has no power,” and the “only power in the city is coming from generators,” said the city’s NOLA Ready on Twitter. In a Monday morning…
Biden Declares Major Disaster as Hurricane Ida Lashes Louisiana
President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster as Hurricane Ida continues to ravage parts of Louisiana with powerful winds, leaving more than one million customers across the region without power. Biden on Sunday night ordered federal assistance to bolster recovery efforts in more than two-dozen storm-stricken parishes, as power was knocked out in the…
Louisiana Governor: Modeling Shows New Orleans Levee System Will Withstand Hurricane Ida
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Sunday said that digital modeling shows that the state’s levee system constructed after Hurricane Katrina will withstand Hurricane Ida. When asked by a CBS News anchor, Edwards said he felt “very good” that the system would hold up against Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in southeastern Louisiana. Ida currently…
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