Another severe thunderstorm rolls through the Northshore Monday afternoon.
In Mandeville right outside the government complex, lightning strikes and rain p0unds the pavement.
According to parish leaders, crews are on standby for their call to respond to emergencies.
“So once that subsides, our crews hit the road and they roll out.” Spokesperson for the parish Michael Vinsanau said, “You know, we have equipment that’s strategically placed around the parish for these types of situations.”
Vinsanau urged residents to stay home, if possible, in order to avoid dangerous situations like downed trees and powerlines.
Which is exactly what some residents faced during Sunday night’s severe weather.
“Our bigger concern was up in the Covington area, and it looked like a bunch of powerlines got bungled together with some trees that were down.”
According to Cleco, nearly 2000 customers lost power during Sunday’s storm.
Earlier Monday, many in the Oak Villa mobile home community spent the day cleaning the debris left behind.
“Well, it was, you know, a real loud rushing, you know, wind blowing real hard and I just kind of opened the door and when I did, I saw it looked like all the trees and everything was kind of leaning to one side, and the wind was blowing like crazy.” John Leonard said.
Crews spent the day clearing the neighborhood, racing against the clock before the next line of storms.
More than 1000 St. Tammany customers lost power during Tuesday’s storms and a little more than 800 customers in Tangipahoa parish.
No injuries were reported.
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