Eric Deroche News Today

BATON ROUGE - Both Entergy and Demco are still working to restore power to about 6,000 customers around the state after a round of powerful storms Thursday night.

According to parish officials, 40 homes were damaged and 900 homes and businesses were still without power on Friday afternoon.

A parish-by-parish look at damage, etc., after Wednesdays thunderstorms in south Louisiana.

Federal mine safety regulators are investigating the injury of four workers Sunday afternoon at the Atalco Gramercy plant in St. James Parish, federal and parish officials said.

The community of Paulina in St. James Parish was in international news articles after a hydrochloric acid spill from a derailed train car forced residents in the area to evacuate.

The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana community, officials said. No

PAULINA, La. (AP) -- The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana

PAULINA, La. (AP) -- The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana

Eric Deroche, St. James homeland security director, said a tank car was leaking hydrochloric acid that would have to be neutralized and removed. Government websites say that inhaling fumes from the corrosive chemical can damage the lungs.

About 200 homes in the St. James Parish were evacuated due to a tank car leaking hydrochloric acid, which can damage lungs if the fumes are inhaled