
Fuel access remains one of Louisiana's biggest needs, governor says, with nearly two-thirds of New Orleans' gas stations out
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Days after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a powerful Category 4 storm, the state faces a critical shortage of fuel that's hampering recovery efforts. And the recovery process is expected to be lengthy.
Access to gas continues to be one of Louisiana's biggest needs following Hurricane Ida, Gov. John Bel Edwards said. Gas station outages are mounting in Louisiana's two biggest cities, with a staggering 68.5% of the gas stations in Baton Rouge and 64.7% in New Orleans out of gas, according to outage reports compiled by GasBuddy. Analysts said these gas station outages are being driven by a combination of spiking demand as people drive out of the region and complications supplying the fuel caused by power outages. Tanker truck drivers, for example, often can't fill up if there is no power at terminal racks that dispense fuel at refineries.
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As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











