Overview
- Daytime highs into the upper 30s and low 40s Tuesday are expected to start melting ice and gradually improve travel, with bridges and secondary roads still slick.
- Entergy reported about 86,000 customers without power and said roughly 90% could be restored by Wednesday where crews have access, with access-limited areas targeted for Thursday.
- Louisiana officials reported at least three storm-related deaths, including two hypothermia cases in Caddo Parish and one carbon monoxide fatality linked to generator use.
- Gov. Jeff Landry declared a state of emergency and the state had 76 warming shelters open Monday with more being readied.
- I-49 in Shreveport and several ramps at the I-220/I-49 interchange saw closures during the freeze, with conditions expected to ease as the thaw progresses.