La. Gov. Edwards Requests Federal Declaration of Emergency in Advance of Tropical Storm Ida
August 28, 2021
August 28, 2021
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 28 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news:
Late Thursday evening, Gov. John Bel Edwards requested a pre-landfall Federal Declaration of Emergency in a letter to President Joseph R. Biden in advance of Tropical Storm Ida, which is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane late Sunday evening or Monday morning.
On Thursday, Gov. Edwards declared a state of emergency for Tropical Storm Idea, allo . . .
Late Thursday evening, Gov. John Bel Edwards requested a pre-landfall Federal Declaration of Emergency in a letter to President Joseph R. Biden in advance of Tropical Storm Ida, which is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane late Sunday evening or Monday morning.
On Thursday, Gov. Edwards declared a state of emergency for Tropical Storm Idea, allo . . .