2/27/2024 0 Comments Hurricane aftermath louisiana![]() More than 1 million homes and businesses in Louisiana and Mississippi were left without power when Ida slammed the electric grid on Sunday with its 150 mph (240 kph) winds, toppling a major transmission tower and knocking out thousands of miles of lines and hundreds of substations. There are also numerous breaks in the levee system and a strong odor of natural gas, she said. The barrier island of Grand Isle, which bore Ida’s full fury, is “uninhabitable,” with every building damaged, Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng told a news conference. Only American Airlines had flights scheduled Wednesday, but officials “hope for more normal operations later in the week,” it said.Įdwards on Tuesday surveyed damage from the storm, which caused massive flooding and structure damage in Houma, LaPlace and other communities outside New Orleans. The New Orleans airport, closed since the storm hit, planned to reopen Wednesday for “very limited” flights, an airport statement said. Edwards said he expects the death toll to rise. Among them was construction worker Kent Brown, a “well-liked” 49-year-old father of two, his brother Keith Brown said. The dead include two people killed Monday night when seven vehicles plunged into a 20-foot-deep (6-meter-deep) hole near Lucedale, Mississippi, where a highway had collapsed after torrential rains. Jason Rivarde said the woman was found during rescue operations Monday. The number of deaths from the hurricane climbed to at least five in Louisiana and Mississippi when Jefferson Parish authorities confirmed Wednesday a woman was found dead in her home in the community of Lafitte. We know we do not have any power, and that continues to be a priority,” she told a news conference. ![]() ![]() Police Chief Shaun Ferguson said there had been some arrests for stealing.Ĭantrell acknowledged there would frustration in the days ahead. John Bel Edwards said state officials also were working to set up distribution locations in other areas around the state.Ĭantrell ordered a nighttime curfew Tuesday, calling it an effort to prevent crime after Hurricane Ida left the entire city without power. The city was also using 70 transit buses as cooling sites and will have drive-thru food, water and ice distribution locations set up on Wednesday, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said. New Orleans officials announced seven places around the city where people could get a meal and sit in air conditioning. New Orleans and the rest of the region were under a heat advisory, with forecasters saying the combination of high temperatures and humidity could make it feel like 106 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius) on Wednesday. Harris had no access to a generator and said the heat was starting to wear him down. I don’t have no choice but to stay,” said Charles Harris, 58, as he looked for a place to eat Tuesday in a New Orleans’ neighborhood where Ida snapped utility poles and brought down power lines two days earlier. There was a glimmer of hope early Wednesday when power company Entergy announced its crews had turned “power on for some customers in Eastern New Orleans.” Still, power and water outages affected hundreds of thousands of people, many of them with no way to get immediate relief. NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled for food, gas, water and relief from the sweltering heat as thousands of line workers toiled to restore electricity and officials vowed to set up more sites where people could get free meals and cool off. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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