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THE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE URGES THOSE WANTING ROAD AND TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AT...

WWW.LSP.ORG

ROAD INFORMATION IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA CAN ALSO BE FOUND BY
TELEPHONE AT 225-922-0332.

THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL SAYS PUBLIC TRAVEL INTO
HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES IS PROHIBITED.

THOSE WANTING ROAD CONDITIONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CAN CALL THE
MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL HEADQUARTERS IN JACKSON AT
1-888-728-4218.

ANYONE NEEDING INFORMATION ON RESCUES OR OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS IN
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...OR ALABAMA CAN CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY AT THE FOLLOWING TELEPHONE NUMBERS...
225-925-7500...225-925-7708...225-925-7709...225-925-3511...OR
225-925-7428.

THOSE WANTING TO CHECK ON RELATIVES...EVACUEES...OR OTHER SIMILAR
MATTERS CAN CALL THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HOTLINE AT 1-866-GET INFO OR
1-866-438-4636.

THE ROADS INTO COASTAL LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI ARE IMPASSABLE.
INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 12 ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IN THE
SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...MADISONVILLE...AND NEW ORLEANS AREAS ARE
CLOSED. THE LAKE PONCHARTRAIN CAUSEWAY AND INTERSTATE 10 BRIDGES
BETWEEN SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE AND NEW ORLEANS ARE DESTROYED. U.S.
HIGHWAY 90 IS CLOSED ACROSS ALL OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. HIGHWAY 98 IS CLOSED FROM MOBILE TO HATTIESBURG.
HIGHWAY 49 IS CLOSED FROM HATTIESBURG TO GULFPORT. INTERSTATE 59 IS
ALSO CLOSED SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG TO NEW ORLEANS.

AGAIN...TRAVEL ACROSS MANY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND THE
GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA...IS GENERALLY PROHIBITED BY STATE
OFFICIALS. THE STATE POLICE WILL STOP ANYONE TRYING TO GET INTO
THESE HIGHLY IMPACTED AREAS.