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Though the announcement was made earlier Wednesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a press conference later that afternoon that the president would visit Friday to assess the damage from the Category 4 storm, which made landfall Sunday. Details of the president’s trip to the Pelican State are sparse at this time.
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Small communities just outside New Orleans and its levee protection system are being pummeled by Hurricane Ida, with hundreds of people asking for help but unable to be reached due to catastrophic flooding from several feet of stormwater.
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St. Anne Hospital in Raceland and Chabert Medical Center in Houma will need to move collectively around sixty patients. Meanwhile, the emergency rooms will remain open.
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Forecasters expected the storm to weaken at landfall. It hasn't.
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Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents were without power Sunday afternoon as Hurricane Ida began moving over the New Orleans area.
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Now that hurricane season is here, it's time to look at the trees in your landscape. A tree that's sickly, low in vigor, and shows significant signs of…