President Joe Biden will survey storm damage wreaked on Louisiana by Category 4 Hurricane Ida this Friday.
Louisiana lawmakers, including Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, welcomed the presidential visit, which was postponed until Biden would not divert resources from the clean-up effort.
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“We thank the federal partners who are already here helping with the recovery, and we will ask the president once again that supplemental aid be delivered to southwest Louisiana and expedited for southeast Louisiana,” Cassidy said.
In a statement, Cassidy also issued a word of caution without invoking Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
“We know from bitter experience with Hurricane Laura that aid can be delayed too long,” he said of last year’s storm.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, and American Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern flew to Louisiana earlier this week, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
“There are more than 25,000 linemen from 32 states and D.C. in the region racing to restore power. And FEMA has staged nearly 250 generators in the region to support impacted areas,” Psaki told reporters Tuesday.
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Almost 1 million people in Louisiana are still without power, days after Ida reached landfall at 150 mph. Seven people’s deaths have been linked to the storm.
