NEW ORLEANS — As Hurricane Delta continues to gain strength, many parishes are taking precautions and alerting residents that would be most affected to get to safety before the storm makes landfall.
Parishes have issued both Mandatory and Voluntary evacuations for their residents.
Officials are anticipating heavy rainfall, storm surge with elevated tides and strong winds.
Some roadways may also be closed and blocked off to keep residents from driving onto dangerously flooded streets and getting stranded.
Residents are also asked to remove any hazardous material that can possibly be blown away by the high winds as well as tie down all outside equipment.
Sign up for your parishes alert system to receive emergency notifications and emails for up-to-date information on evacuations in your area.
Here is a list of evacuations ahead of the storm:
Jefferson Parish
Voluntary-
- Jean Lafitte,
- Lower Lafitte,
- Crown Point
- Barataria
Mandatory-
- Grand Isle- for residents boats, campers and RV's. A curfew will be in place October 8 at 8pm.
Lafourche Parish
Voluntary-
- Port Fourchon
- Mandatory Evacuation called for all areas south of the Leon Theriot Lock in Golden Meadow and all other low-lying areas of Lafourche Parish. Recommended evacuation for residents in mobile homes.
Plaquemines Parish
- White Ditch to Pointe-a-la-Hache on the Eastbank
- Alliance Refinery south to Venice on the Westbank.
Terrebonne Parish
Mandatory- beginning 3 pm Thursday
- South of Bayou Petit Calliou Floodgate, including Cocodrie
- South of Morganza to the Gulf levee road ramp
- South of Lower Dularge Floodgate
- South of the Point-aux-Chenes Floodgate
- South of Bayou Terrebonne Floodgate in Lower Montegut
- Isle de Jean Charles
Voluntary-
- Point-aux-Chenes
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