Southeast Louisiana Leaders to Evacuees: Don’t Go Home Yet
Houma residents say the area looks like a "war zone."
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Cajun Navy Ground Force Seeking Search-and-Rescue Volunteers
Volunteers are asked to bring four days of food and clothes, as well as chainsaws and gasoline if they can.
7 p.m. Update: Ida’s Progress Slows, Weakens to Cat. 3
Lafayette will see winds gusts up to 55 miles per hour tonight.
Ida Continues Push Towards Louisiana, Still Cat. 2
The storm continues to move northwest at 16 miles per hour.