The power company said more than 2,000 miles of transmission lines were out of service, along with 216 substations. The hurricane twisted and collapsed a giant tower that carries key transmission lines over the Mississippi River to the New Orleans area, causing widespread outages, Entergy and local authorities said. The road to the island remained impassable and rescuers would try to reach them as soon as they are able, the sheriff said. On Grand Isle, the 40 people who stayed on the barrier island through the brunt of the hurricane gave aircraft checking on them Monday a thumbs-up, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto said. Edwards said he decided not to tour hurricane damage by air Monday to add one more aircraft to the effort. Local and state agencies were adding hundreds more. The Louisiana National Guard said it activated 4,900 Guard personnel and lined up 195 high-water vehicles, 73 rescue boats and 34 helicopters. Other parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, Alabama and Florida got 5 to 11 inches. Preliminary measurements showed Slidell, Louisiana, got at least 15.7 inches of rain, while New Orleans received nearly 14 inches, forecasters said. “This is a COVID nightmare,” Stephens said, adding: “We do anticipate that we could see some COVID spikes related to this.” The governor’s spokesperson said the state will work to move people to hotels as soon as possible so they can keep their distance from one another. The governor’s office said over 2,200 evacuees were staying in 41 shelters, a number expected to rise as people were rescued or escaped flooded homes. Officials said they were evacuating scores of patients to other cities. “There’s not a lot of reasons to come back,” said Collin Arnold, chief of emergency preparedness.Īlso, 18 water systems serving about 255,000 customers in Louisiana were knocked out of service, the state Health Department said.įour Louisiana hospitals were damaged and 39 medical facilities were operating on generator power, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. The city urged people who evacuated to stay away for at least a couple of days because of the lack of power and fuel.
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