Southeast Louisiana is no longer in the cone of uncertainty for Hurricane Sally, but Governor John Bel Edwards says state offices in a dozen parishes are closed on Tuesday.
Those parishes are Orleans, Lafourche, Terrebonne, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington.
The state is housing 12,000 Hurricane Laura evacuees, many of them are in hotels in New Orleans. Edwards says there were no plans to re-locate those individuals.
The Florida panhandle, Alabama and Mississippi are expected to get the worst from Sally, with some places receiving over a foot of rain. Edwards says he’s spoken with Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves.
“If we have personnel and assets that are available in southeast Louisiana that we don’t need and he has needs in Mississippi, we will certainly make those available,” said Edwards.
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