Recap of Wednesday’s Hurricane Laura Recovery Efforts
Alexandria, La. (September 2, 2020) — By the end of the day, electric power will have been restored to all City of Alexandria customers who are able to receive power.
Alexandria, La. (September 2, 2020) — By the end of the day, electric power will have been restored to all City of Alexandria customers who are able to receive power.
Alexandria, La. (September 1, 2020) — Utility crews from the City of Alexandria and partners from across the South spent the day working in back yards and on neighborhood streets working to restore power to the 3,500 remaining customers without electricity.
As of 7 p.m. Tuesday night power was restored to 97 percent of the city’s 25,500 electric customers, leaving approximately 760 customers still to be reconnected.
Alexandria, La. (August 31, 2020) — City of Alexandria crews, along with more than 150 contractors and utility service personnel from around the country, continued to work to restore electrical power and clear tree debris caused by Hurricane Laura Thursday morning.
Alexandria, La. (August 30, 2020) — Sunday marked the fourth day of recovery efforts as City of Alexandria crews, aided by crews from Florida, Missouri and other locations, continued working to restore utility services and clean up damage caused by Hurricane Laura Thursday morning.
Alexandria, La. (August 29, 2020) — City of Alexandria crews continued working throughout the day to restore utility services and clean up damage caused by Hurricane Laura.
Alexandria, La. (August 28, 2020) — City of Alexandria crews have been working throughout the day to restore utility services and clean up damage caused by Hurricane Laura on Thursday.
Alexandria, La. (August 28, 2020) — As residents cleanup damage caused by Hurricane Laura, the City of Alexandria has contracted with a firm to collect tree debris starting next week.
Alexandria, La. (August 27, 2020) — Hurricane Laura, which was a 150-mph Category 4 major hurricane at landfall near Cameron in Southwest Louisiana, was still packing 100 mph sustained winds as the storm passed west of Alexandria Thursday morning. As a result, Alexandria received sustained tropical storm force winds around 50 mph and gusts as high as 85 mph that caused widespread wind damage and knocked out power citywide.
Alexandria, La. (August 26, 2020) — As Hurricane Laura approaches an anticipated landfall overnight in southwest Louisiana along the Texas and Louisiana border the City of Alexandria announces the following schedule of closures:
Alexandria, La. (August 23, 2020) — Workers with the City of Alexandria continue to actively prepare for the possibility of high winds and heavy rain this week from two potential hurricanes, Tropical Storm Marco, which is currently forecast to move through the Alexandria area Monday night and Tuesday, and Tropical Storm Laura, which could impact the area Thursday.