Louisiana Sees Widespread Power Outages & Flooding as Storm 'Francine' Weakens | EWTN News Nightly

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And back here in the United States, Louisiana is dealing with widespread power outages and massive flooding today. This as Francine has weakened to a tropical depression. The storm originally struck the state as a category two hurricane, bringing winds of up 100mph and wreaking havoc in its wake, including leaving more than 300,000 people in the dark. The governor says the National Guard is assisting residents and conducting search and rescue operations. And joining us now is Deacon Martin Gutierrez, vice president of mission and community engagement at Catholic Charities of New Orleans. Deacon Martin, good to be with you. And our prayers are with all of you in New Orleans and the others that are in thpath of this storm. Can you tell us what you have seen and experienced so far from Francine ? >> As a matter of fact, we are grateful. Things could have been a lot worse. It is much, much, much better than expected. We just finished a coordination call with the other dioceses in the state of Louisiana. And yes, there has been some damage, but not as much as we expected. This was a fast moving hurricane which dumped a lot of rain on the southern east part of the state, but moved on very quickly. So we are in the process of assessing the damage and the needs of and how are we going to respond in the next few days? Yeah so good to hear it wasn't as bad as anticipated. >> What do you anticipate will be the needs of the residents and those needing your help? >> As you mentioned, the biggest need right now is electricity. Power is out. Over 200,000 people in the area are out of power. So that's going to be the biggest need at this moment. There is some flooding that we're going to have to deal with so that the regular things that normally are needed tarps, cleaning supplies , monetary donations are always good. You know, that helps us to get the resources quickly in the hands that are needed. >> Yeah. Deacon, I know you're no stranger to natural disasters down there in Louisiana, and assisting those. What kind of needs do you assist with? If you can just give us a sense of that. How do you help people in Louisiana in times like this?>> So we have seven dioceses here in Louisiana, and each one of them has its own strengths and weaknesses. Some are very good at responding right away and being part of the first responders team of groups that go out there and respond right away in our case in New Orleans, we are here for the long term. We just had Hurricane Ida about three years ago, and we're still providing case management services to them. So we do everything in Louisiana from search and rescue, getting involved in those areas. The dioceses and other parts of the state do that , and others do the long term case management that we are good at here in New Orleans.>> Yeah, it's very, very important work that you all do. Talk to us also about the importance of faith during times like this , especially where you are, where there's a lot of natural disasters. >> Yeah, unfortunately, you know , we are we have gotten very good at responding to disasters, whether it's hurricanes, tornadoes, even oil spills, as you may remember. So you know, houses, they come and go literally. But our faith is strong and we stand on our faith. And God has been good and he proven to be good again, this past 24 hours. >> Yeah, that is wonderful. For those that are watching right now and wondering how they can help, how can they help? >> The best way to do this is through Catholic Charities usa.org. The National Office of Catholic Charities works together with all the different dioceses in the in the country that have a Catholic Charities agency, and we work together with them. Like I said, just an hour ago, I was on the phone with the other seven dioceses here in Louisiana and with representatives from CC, USA. All right , Martin, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us about all of this. >> We appreciate it. God bless you. >> Thank you. God bless you too. >>

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