LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) – The morning after a major snowstorm hit South Louisiana, thousands across the state found themselves without power – an especially dangerous situation when the overnight lows hit single digits.
Across the Acadiana region, several parishes are reporting major outages, and those conditions continue across the South as temperatures remain slow to rise.
Ice and Power Outages
The extreme cold conditions that hit South Louisiana have lingered, with snow and ice remaining in the streets, on rooftops and trees, and even potentially weighing down power lines…