8-25-20
The Gulf Coast is now preparing for what could be a major hurricane to hit later this week. With Tropical Storm Marco largely collapsing before it made landfall Monday evening near the mouth of the Mississippi, attention has shifted to Laura. Laura is expected to arrive Wednesday evening near the Louisiana-Texas border as a category three hurricane. Officials are warning residents to not let their guard down and get their preparations done.
PEOPLE ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF LOUISIANA ARE PACKING AND EVACUATING AHEAD OF TROPICAL STORM LAURA. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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DELCAMBRE CITY OFFICIALS ARE TELLING RESIDENTS THEY SHOULD CONSIDER EVACUATING BECAUSE OF, WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE, HURRICANE LAURA. PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR HOMER STELLY SAYS THOSE WHO DO STAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POWER LOSS AND HIGH WATERS FROM STORM SURGES. HE SAYS THEY ARE EXPECTING HIGH STORM SURGES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS AROUND THE CANAL. ONE RESIDENT, RICKY BOURQUE, TELLS KLFY TV HE REMEMBERS THE STORM SURGE FROM HURRICANE RITA, AND HOW IT TOOK YEARS TO GET BACK TOGETHER.
About 50 protesters held a sit-in outside a Louisiana city hall on Monday after being told they couldn’t go in to file complaints about the way officials handled the fatal shooting of a Black man. The death Friday of Trayford Pellerin has heightened tensions between protesters and local leaders in Lafayette. A city police spokesman says all officers who were involved in the shooting are on administrative leave. Sgt. Wayne Griffin says that is standard procedure after shootings by police.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT THAT THERE WERE EIGHTEEN MORE DEATHS IN THE STATE FROM COVID-NINETEEN. THAT’S THE FEWEST IN THREE WEEKS. THERE ARE SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE MORE CASES OF CORONOVIRUS. THERE WASN’T MUCH CHANGE IN THE HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS WITH TWO FEWER AND THE SAME AMOUNT ON VENTILATORS.
ACADIANA HAD SIX MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN. THREE WERE IN VERMILLION PARISH WHILE ACADIA, EVANGELINE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES HAD ONE EACH. THE REGION HAD THE LOWEST TOTAL OF NEW CASES IN WEEKS WITH FIFTY-ONE. THE TOTAL IS NEARING TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ONLY HAD TEN NEW CASES INCLUDING SEVEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS CLOSING IN ON ELEVEN THOUSAND. THERE WAS JUST ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH IN THE REGION, WHICH WAS IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. THE TOTAL IS TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE.
JESSIE BELLARD IS THE NEW PARISH PRESIDENT FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH. THE COUNCIL APPOINTED BELLARD TO THE POST ON AN INTERIM BASIS. HE REPLACES BILL FONTENOT, WHO RESIGNED LAST WEEK TO DEAL WITH HEALTH ISSUES. BELLARD HAS BEEN AN ADMINISTRATOR IN THE PARISH GOVERNMENT UNDER FONTENTOT AND ALSO FOR THE FIRST PARISH PRESIDENT, DON MENARD.
