Homeland Security says only electricity in city is from generators after Ida made landfall exactly 16 years after the devastating Hurricane Katrina
The hospital that lost some power is Thibodaux Regional Health System in Lafourche Parish. Andrea Gallo at the New Orleans Advertiser reports that a back-up generator failed, meaning staff had to manually ventilate some patients. It is unclear how many patients were affected but power generators appear to be working again.
Update on our story about Thibodaux Regional losing generator power in ICU: hospital says via social media that the generator is back on-line. Awaiting updates from other Louisiana hospitals about how they’ve fared today, Ochsner will brief us at 9 pm CSThttps://t.co/44PVoRZo2e
Hello, Rebecca Ratcliffe here taking over from my colleague, Martin Farrer.
The energy company Entergy has confirmed that power has been cut off across the entire city, according to an update posted on Twitter by the New Orleans’ Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
The message describes “catastrophic transmission damage”.
@EntergyNOLA has confirmed that New Orleans has no power. The only power in the city is coming from generators. #Ida pic.twitter.com/9clSeFcz3T
