FEMA will be granting Louisiana $3.6 million for hurricane preparedness in East Baton Rouge Parish. Part of that money will go towards the construction of a new hurricane community safe room and training shelter for first responders.
The National Hurricane Center gave Invest 92-L the special designation of Potential Tropical Cyclone #3. This special designation allows for the NHC to begin issuing regular advisories, forecast track cones, and watches and warnings.
Our primary focus in the days ahead will be an area of disturbed weather in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The NHC gives it an 80% chance of developing as of the 1 9.m. Tuesday outlook but the primary threat to the northern Gulf Coast appears to be heavy rainfall.
Should either system be upgraded, they will be named Ana and Bill. This would be the seventh year in a row a named storm has formed before the start of Hurricane Season.
An official report has upgraded the windspeed of Hurricane Zeta to 115 mph in a small area near the Louisiana coast, upgrading it to a Category 3 storm.
The 2021 hurricane season prediction from Colorado State University suggests we could be in for another busy season this summer, with 17 named storms, substantially higher than the 12-storm average.
Officials with the city-parish of East Baton Rouge say they’re expanding Hurricane Delta debris pickup effort by bringing in more crew members, trucks, and equipment.
9News has received dozens of calls and emails from residents in East Baton Rouge Parish about debris from Hurricane Delta not being picked, blocking streets, and killing grass on lawns.
Mike Steele with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security encourages all residents to fill out the survey to help the region qualify for disaster assistance.
Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power in Southeast Louisiana. Entergy New Orleans says it could be longer than a week before they’re able to get the lights back on.
Along with widespread cleanup efforts after yet another hurricane in Louisiana, many groups are working to make sure families get the resources and supplies they need, especially front-line workers who have been displaced.
Gov. Tate Reeves made stops in all three coastal counties Thursday to survey damage, and thank first responders, power crews, and all those working to help the area cleanup from the hurricane.
Ahead of the storm making landfall, members of the state’s numerous Cajun Navy factions spent Wednesday making final preparations to assist residents impacted by Zeta.
A mandatory evacuation order was issued at noon Tuesday, Oct. 27 for Grand Isle. Most island residents are heeding the warning, though some say they will ride Zeta out.
