Hurricane Ida takes out cell towers in its path in Louisiana

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The Gulf Coast region is just beginning to recover from Hurricane Ida, with a significant impact on cell towers in the state of Louisiana. According to the Federal Communications Commission, 52 percent of cell towers in the hurricane’s path in the state are out of service as of August 30. That equates to 1,437 towers, most of them down due to loss of power, and some localities are far worse than others. Terrebonne Parrish has 100 percent of its 81 towers out of service, while Lafourche Parrish has 97 percent down. New Orleans is in the dark and may be that way for at least two weeks, with major power transmission lines completely down. Louisiana took the brunt of Hurricane Ida; only 14 percent of Mississippi cell towers are down, and only 1 percent in Alabama. The FCC reported that over 354 thousand customers have lost telephone, internet, and/or cable TV in the region, 338 thousand of those being in Louisiana.


Hurricane Ida Takes Out Over Half of All Cell Towers in its Path in Louisiana