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UNITED STATES
Hurricane Rita on the Cities
Reports from the Cities
by Ali A. Akbar, Editor-In-Chief
09.24.05  |  2:10pm GMT

Texas

Baytown -- The water treatment plant is out of service. Power lines and poles are down and the city is littered with storm debris.

Beaumont -- A 17-year-old was hit by a falling tree and injured. 11 other injuries reported. A restaurant is damaged, there is debris on the streets, but no major flooding. Police are checking a collapsed apartment building outside the city.

Galveston -- Two historic residences and a commercial building burned. One building destroyed. A restaurant wall collapsed. Wind blew off the roof of a multi-story hotel downtown. The Galveston Daily News, which lost part of its roof, reports that a woman was severely burned and a firefighter received a minor eye injury.

Houston -- Two fires, power outages, no major flooding.

Lumberton -- Some flooding, unverified reports of damage. Trees down. Downed power lines are preventing police from rescuing a couple trapped in their home.

Pasadena -- Fire at a Family Dollar store spread to an AutoZone store.

Port Arthur-- Some flooding, with water depths of three to seven feet. Phones out. Widespread wind damage. Levees holding.

Texas City -- Still developing.

Louisiana

New Orleans -- Parts of the 9th Ward under 8 feet of water; 150-foot gap in the Industrial Canal levee.

Lake Charles -- Significant damage to airport, including hangars, cell tower. Trees down. Major damage, flooding at Harrah's casino. At least one pumping station does not appear to be working.

Acadia Parish -- Power lines and trees toppled. Trees on houses. Wind and water damage.

Calcasieu Parish -- Airport damaged. Homes damaged by falling trees. Roads blocked. Cell phones down. A building is on fire in Vinton. A firefighter was injured when he was kicked in the head by a horse.

Cameron Parish -- Phones down.

Evangeline Parish -- Heavy winds, no damage assessment yet.

Jefferson Davis Parish -- Flooding, extensive damage, looting in Jennings. Residents trapped. Many downtown businesses damaged. Police department without power.

Lafayette Parish -- Roads blocked by fallen trees. Power outages in city of Lafayette and parish. The Vermilion River through Lafayette is running north, instead of south, due to heavy storm surge.

Terrebonne Parish -- Crews unable to get to trapped residents. Seven to eight feet of water throughout the parish.

Vermilion Parish -- Flooding south of Louisiana State Route 14. Downed trees and power outages. Search and rescue underway. Eight feet of water reported south of Erath.

Power Outages

Slemco (Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Cooperative) -- More than two-thirds of its 86,000 customers without power.

Cleco Corporation -- 80,000 customers without power.

Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative -- No service to all 10,300 customers.

Entergy Corporation -- 780,903 customers without power, including many that have not had power since Hurricane Katrina.

Center Point Energy -- More than 450,000 customers without power.

 

sources: AP, Cable News Network, National Weather Center


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