Four Days After Ida S Landfall Over 600 000 Still Without Water In Mississippi
The state Public Service Commission said about 989,000 homes and businesses, 44 percent of all state utility customers in southeast Louisiana, are still without power. In Mississippi, more than 30,000 customers still have no electricity. Some evacuees considering returning home to the most heavily affected areas were warned to be mindful of the lack of resources and utilities. Emergency officials told residents of Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana on Twitter that “there are no shelters, no electricity, very limited resources for food, gasoline and supplies and absolutely no medical services....