Tulane University evacuates students to Houston

Tulane, a backstage assemblage successful New Orleans, began evacuating students to Houston Tuesday.

The university's president, Michael A. Fitts, said Hurricane Ida caused "a scope of damage" crossed the campus.

He besides expressed interest astir however agelong it could instrumentality to get powerfulness restored.

"Due to catastrophic transmission harm to the metropolis powerfulness grid, each of Orleans Parish is presently without power," Fitts said. "Other pieces of captious infrastructure, including services associated with Sewerage & Water Board and the proviso concatenation and captious labour for the region, whitethorn beryllium impacted for respective weeks."

Our students are starting to permission for Houston this morning. I cannot convey everyone capable for their enactment and dedication during this time. I americium arrogant to beryllium a Tulanian contiguous and each day. pic.twitter.com/iqC6zPnM4D

— Mike Fitts (@TUFitts) August 31, 2021

Entergy reports that much than 800,000 customers are without power.

Students who decided to self-evacuate were required to beryllium disconnected the field by 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The assemblage said classes are canceled done Sept. 12. They volition past resume online until Oct. 6, the schoolhouse said.

Tulane was scheduled to big Oklahoma Saturday successful their archetypal shot crippled of the 2021 season. However, the crippled was moved to Norman, Oklahoma.