Power and water outages affected hundreds of thousands of people, many of them with no way to get immediate relief. New Orleans officials announced seven places around the city where people could get a meal and sit in air conditioning. John Bel Edwards said state officials also were working to set up distribution locations in other areas around the state. Cantrell ordered a nighttime curfew Tuesday, calling it an effort to prevent crime after Hurricane Ida left the entire city without power. The 78-year-old Vappie was one of about 441,000 people across the state to lose water after floodwaters and power outages crippled treatment plants.

Source: Egypt Independent September 01, 2021 05:03 UTC