'I can't tell you when the power is going to be restored. I can't tell you when all the debris is going to be cleaned up and repairs made,' Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said.
Louisiana officials have not yet determined a timeline for restoring power to the hundreds of thousands of customers after Hurricane Ida, leaving many to potentially face weeks without electricity and air conditioning in the heat and humidity of summer, the Associated Press reported.
"I can't tell you when the power is going to be restored. I can't tell you when all the debris is going to be cleaned up and repairs made," Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Monday."But what I can tell you is we are going to work hard every day to deliver as much assistance as we can."Louisiana authorities haven't yet determined a timeline for restoring power to hundreds of thousands of customers after Hurricane Ida damaged the power grid.
Power crews also rushed into the region. Louisiana's governor said 25,000 utility workers were on the ground in the state to help restore electricity, with more on the way. More than 1 million homes and businesses in Louisiana and Mississippi were left without power as Ida pushed through on Sunday with winds that reached 150 mph . The wind speed tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the mainland.
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