Source: The Times Picayune

Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard is expected to announce today at 7 p.m. administrators' plans for allowing evacuated business owners and residents to return.

The parish's standing emergency policy calls for a staged re-entry that allows businesses critical to sustaining the citizens to get back before the general population. Firms were allowed to register for placards that ranked their urgency to return.

Parish Councilman Tom Capella said utility trucks and street crews still have a big task ahead to make both East Jefferson and the West Bank safe for citizens to start streaming back.

Broussard is also expected to give a comprehensive look at how Jefferson Parish fared.

To Handle High Volume of Calls From Residents

 Source: nola.com/Times Picayune

Kenner, LA. -With the passing of major winds today, Kenner city officials have turned their attention to serving curious residents.

The city's emergency command center opened three new phone lines to handle the inundation of phone calls. If residents cannot get through using 504.468.7200 or 504.468.HELP, they can use 504.712.2399, 504.712.2333, or 504.712.2334.

Authorities are keeping an eye on Kenner's sewerage, drainage and levee systems, but so far no flooding has been reported, authorities said. Power is still out in most of the city and the mandatory evacuation remains in effect. No word on when residents can plan on returning to their homes.

Police reported no arrests, and the Kenner Fire Department had not received any calls about fires as of 1:20 p.m. today.

Any damage so far has been restricted to downed trees, some streetside signs and snapped power lines.

Authorities have reported that a power line has snapped at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Bruin Drive in Kenner,  No further details are available at this time.