Louisiana power outages may last weeks: How to stay safe during a blackout

Emergency managment officials are urging Lousiana residents who lost power to take precautions as it might take weeks to restore the power.

Utility companies warned residents in Louisiana it may take weeks before power can be restored to their homes following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida. As of Monday morning, over 888,000 customers don't have power, and that number is growing as the storm moves its way into the country. "It will likely take days to determine the extent of damage to our power grid in metro New Orleans and far longer to restore electrical transmission to the region," Entergy New Orleans, the city's utility, tweeted. The blackout is coinciding with a forecast that predicts temperatures in the high 80s.