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Power restored for customers in Jefferson Parish
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Power was restored for customers in Jefferson Parish after an outage Saturday afternoon, according to Entergy's outage map. According to the map, around 6:27 p.m. 2,419 customers were impacted by the outage. At one point nearly 5,000 customers were without power. Entergy did not say...
Louisianans can get caught under crushing OMV debt. A proposed law could fix that.
Gayl Payton was stunned when she recently learned that she owed the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles over $1,800, a debt that stemmed from nine-year-old insurance lapses. Until she pays off that debt, Payton, a 70-year-old New Orleans resident who says she has been without access to a car since 2015, cannot have her driver’s license reinstated.
Faster, stronger hurricanes outpace the New Orleans area’s evacuation plans
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane season presents an annual test of the New Orleans area’s collective fight-or-flight response. In the past, emergency managers tilted toward flight, leading evacuations that moved tens of thousands of people to safer ground before storms made landfall. But as climate change throws faster and stronger hurricanes at the Gulf Coast, local […] The post Faster, stronger hurricanes outpace the New Orleans area’s evacuation plans appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
Busy Kenner intersection floods during morning storms
KENNER, La. — Strong storms moved over the Southshore Thursday, causing flash flooding in some areas. In Kenner, cars stalled out at West Esplanade and Loyola due to street flooding. WDSU Storm Patrol 6 captured video of cars stalled out in the street due to high water. The Flash...
New Orleans emergency management director weighs in on the challenges of contraflow
NEW ORLEANS — Now that rapid intensification has become more of a threat during hurricane season, many New Orleans residents are trying to figure out when they should evacuate when a storm is approaching. Some hurricanes can go from a tropical storm to a category 3 storm in a...
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