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Businesses in Morgan City have received a makeover on their exteriors. The city's Business Facade grant allowed for over 30 businesses to touch up the appearances.

Morgan City Mayor Lee Dragna said the water levels quickly increased due to nearly 10 inches of rain this weekend- resulting in Water Hyacinths traveling down to the river.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will hold an in-person press briefing to announce historic investments in Louisiana’s energy infrastructure.

No. so, it's his call. >> right. and you mentioned that many of the residents in your city are senior citizens. do you get the sense that because of the covid situation that more people decided to stay behind and hunker down? do you understand what the rationale may be for some of these residents as to why they made that decision? >> i believe that 100%. and a lot of them told me that. i can't argue with them. i can't help them right now. that's the problem. >> so they're telling you, i'm staying home because of covid. i don't want to catch the delta variant, that sort of thing? >> that's corr...

Just sent in that video to us. just a sense of the devastating effects of hurricane ida as the category 4 storm makes landfall in louisiana. we're going to, of course, continue to stay on top of this. and one coastal city feeling the effects of this storm is morgan city, louisiana. joining me is morgan city mayor lee dragna. what are the conditions like in your city? are things worsening there? it looks like you're right in the thick of it. >> yeah, they're starting to -- the conditions are deteriorating pretty good. i think we're about 50 or 60-mile-an-hour winds. a lot of trees down, power o...