Delta Air Lines has cut down trees and wires across the state, and about 500,000 utility customers have no electricity. Entergy faces another large-scale recovery operation because they have 300,000 customers without electricity. Cleco says its 125,000 customers need electricity.
Delta Air Lines landed in Cameron Parish at around 6 o’clock last night. This is a second category of hurricane with a maximum sustained wind speed of 100 miles per hour.
From Lake Charles to the Alexandria area, the rainfall is highest. Allen Parish Sheriff Doug Hebert (Doug Hebert) told KALB TV that the highway 165 north of Oberlin was impassable. Sections of Highway 14 in the Parish of Iberia and Vermillion are underwater. Due to the storm surge, several streets in Del Cambre were underwater.
An estimated 500,000 utility users in Louisiana have outages, and many Louisiana residents will use generators to keep refrigerators cool and run air conditioners. Ashley Rodrigue, a spokesperson for the National Fire Service, said that the generator should be at least 20 feet away from your house and never plug the generator into a wall outlet, as this may cause a fire. Rodrigue said that generator users should use heavy-duty outdoor extension cords to plug electrical appliances into the generator.
The highest wind speed recorded last night was Lake Arthur, 96 miles per hour. The wind speed in Lake Charles is 95, 90 mph in New Iberia, and 89 in Jennings. Preliminary data shows that the wind speed in Opelousas and Lafayette is 75 miles per hour, and the wind speed in Alexandria is 63 miles per hour.
Post time: Oct-12-2020