10:00 a.m. Update on Winter Weather from the KATC Newsroom
10:00 a.m. Update on Winter Weather from the KATC Newsroom
and last updated 2021-02-15 11:26:21-05
The ice is hanging around and many are hunkering down at home as temperatures stay below freezing on Monday.
Over 11,000 residents are still without power. Iberia, Vermilion, St. Martin and St. Mary has the most outages reported due to the weather as of 10:00 a.m.
DOTD says that crews have been out on the roads in the state. Preparations began days earlier as crews put down salt to combat thick ice accumulation. Deidre Druillhet with DOTD says the winter weather was stronger than what they expected and roadways have been hit hard. They asks that if people do not need to be out, they should stay off the roadways.