Louisiana among numerous states reeling under harsh weather, massive outages
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Thursday, February 18 2021
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February 18, 2021 6:08 AM
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BATON ROUGE - Though temperatures are no longer below freezing in Baton Rouge, thousands remain without power and dangerously cold temperatures continue to pose a threat.
In East Baton Rouge Parish alone, nearly 10,000 are still awaiting power restoration as of Thursday (Feb. 18) morning at 6:15 a.m., according to Entergy s outage map.
On Wednesday, Governor John Bel Edwards requested a presidential emergency declaration due to the severe winter weather.
The request Edwards submitted to President Biden included a petition for direct federal assistance, specifically in response to extended power outages and also Emergency Protective measures under the FEMA Public Assistance program.