after a week Hurricane Ida made landfall in LouisianaHundreds of thousands of residents remain without power, and the state confirmed 13 storm-related deaths Sunday.
more than 590,000 Louisiana homes and businesses were without power on Sunday, according to a report PowerOutage.us. About 24,000 people were working “around the clock” to restore energy, Louisiana’s largest electric utility companyAnd energize Saturday said.
Most New Orleans residents will have power by Wednesday, but some of the hardest-hit areas – including the parishes of Laforge, Lower Jefferson, Blackomains, St. Charles and Tribune– may remain in the dark until the end of the month, Entergy Estimates.
The company said the storm damaged or destroyed more than 22,000 power poles, 26,000 extensions of wire and 5,261 transformers — more poles damaged or destroyed than Hurricanes Katrina, Zeta and Delta combined. At the peak, 902,000 customers lost power.
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line announced Saturday that it has entered into a charter agreement with Entergy to deploy its flagship Grand Classica to New Orleans to house more than 1,500 workers while returning power to the area.
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In Terrebonne Parish, Kentrell Garner and his two sons filled a large pot with bottled water on Friday to boil shrimp for themselves and their neighbors. The trio stood among the sturdy pillars that once held their home. The columns and part of the floor were all that was left. The rest was in piles.
Garner, 35, and his girlfriend were renovating this home and living in another home down the bay in South Ashland.
“He’s gone too,” he said.
With both homes destroyed by Hurricane Ida, the couple and four children — ages 3 to 17 — spend their nights split between a shed and campground that somehow managed to weather a Category 4 storm.
“We are homeless,” he said, taking a breath.
At least 17 deaths have been blamed on Ida in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In the northeast, the remnants of Ida dumped record rain and killed at least 50 people from Virginia to Connecticut.
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The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed Sunday that a 74-year-old man in Orleans County died of heat during a power outage, the 13th storm-related death in the state.
Another 65-year-old man Found dead in his apartment Friday after patience sweltering summer heat For several days in a helpless and unconditioned apartment.
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The National Weather Service issued several heat warnings last week due to the high humidity and temperatures in the area, the last one in effect Sunday for parts of southern Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana.
The National Weather Service said heat index values ​​are expected to range from 100 to 105 degrees.
“Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, keep out of the sun, and check relatives and neighbours,” the National Weather Service said.
Louisiana’s death toll also includes Five nursing home residents before the hurricane were evacuated along with hundreds of other elderly people to a warehouse, where health officials said conditions had become unsafe.
“Disrespect for the well-being of these vulnerable populations is an affront to human dignity,” said Dr. Joseph Kanter, Louisiana’s health officer. “We have lost faith in these nursing homes to provide adequate care to their residents.” Saturday press release.
As of now, Ida is the deadliest hurricane the United States has seen in four years and the deadliest in the Northeast since catastrophic Storm Sandy in 2012, which killed more than 100 people.
President Joe Biden traveled to Louisiana over the weekend to survey the damage and announced that he will travel to Manville, New Jersey, and Queens, New York, on Tuesday.
Contributing: Leigh Guidry, The Daily Advertiser; Associated Press
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