New Orleans has lifted a nightly curfew as the city moves closer to regaining full power, but 96% of utility customers in Louisiana's hardest-hit areas are still without electricity. Also, more than 250,000 children are still unable to return to schools.
The city was left completely in the dark when Hurricane Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast with 150 mph winds on Aug. 29, cutting power to more than a million people statewide. Two days later, New Orleans Police and Mayor LaToya Cantrell imposed an
Lewis said he expects classes for some will resume as early as next week and that all students will be back a week after that. Even as power was coming on in parts of Terrebonne Parish, it was of limited use to Coy Verdin. The 52-year-old fisherman was staying at his son’s house in Houma. His own bayou-side home was all but destroyed in the storm.
Statewide, crews have now restored power to 600,000 of the 902,000 who lost electricity at the peak of Hurricane Ida, Entergy Louisiana President and CEO Phillip May said on a Wednesday conference call with reporters.
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