With the tidal surge from Hurricane Ike slowly retreating to Bayou Barataria, residents returning to the Lafitte, Barataria and Crown Point communities Monday found a scene eerily similar to the one left behind by Hurricane Rita three years ago.

Hurricane Ike swirled west Friday, hitting western Louisiana and eastern Texas with a storm surge that breached levees and caused widespread flooding in Terrebonne Parish and St. Mary Parish and in communities outside the levee system in the New Orleans region.

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-- About 828,982 of Entergy's customers in Louisiana were without power at some point. As of 5:30 pm Tuesday, power had been restored to about 680,000, or 82 percent of those who had lost electricity.

Here is a list of scheduled school reopenings in the New Orleans area. The list will be updated as new information is received.

In the week since Hurricane Gustav struck, local utilities have restored power to all but about 5 percent of the 495,103 electricity customers in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

Public schools opening Tuesday or later
• Henry Ford Middle, Avondale is opening Tuesday
• Jefferson Elementary is opening Tuesday
• Norbert Rillieux Elementary, Waggaman is opening Tuesday
• Catherine Strehle Elementary, Avondale is opening Tuesday
• Grand Isle School is closed indefinitely

All other public schools were scheduled to reopen Monday.

Catholic schools
• St. Agnes, Old Jefferson will reopen Tuesday.
• St. Catherine of Siena, Old Metairie will reopen Tuesday.

All other Catholic schools in Jefferson Parish are scheduled to reopen Monday.

• Memorial Baptist Christian School: Thursday.

Other private schools
All will reopen Monday
• Arden Cahill Academy
• Crescent City Christian School
• Faith Lutheran School
• John Curtis Christian School
• Ecole Classique
• Kehoe-France School
• Lutheran High School
• Metairie Park Country Day School
• Ridgewood Preparatory School
• Salem Lutheran School
• St. Martin's Episcopal School

The American Red Cross Southeast Louisiana Chapter today announced additional shelters and feeding locations in southeast Louisiana.

A group of 30 firefighters from the New Orleans area set out Sunday afternoon to storm-battered Terrebonne Parish to help with firefighting and other emergency response situations in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.

In the wake of Hurricane Gustav, only five public schools Jefferson Parish still had no electricity today as officials pressed to reopen all other schools Monday. Two Catholic schools won't reopen Monday, either.

The five public schools without power were: Jefferson Elementary, Henry Ford Middle in Avondale, Grand Isle School, Norbert Rillieux Elementary in Waggaman and Catherine Strehle Elementary in Avondale. Officials held out hope of restoring power and holding classes Monday.

Due to the lack of electricity in the wake of Hurricane Gustav, Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court and the Juvenile Justice Complex at 1546 Gretna Boulevard will be closed until further notice, the parish announced.

BATON ROUGE -- State and parish officials by mid-day Sunday were operating 55 centers distributing food, ice, water and tarps to victims of Hurricane Gustav and those who were still without utilities.

Jefferson Parish West Bank sewer system treatment plants and lift stations are now operational on commercial power or a combination of generator power and portable or vacuum pumps, the parish announced Saturday.

These government offices have announced re-openings for the following days. The list will be updated as information is received.

The Canal Street and Chalmette ferries have reopened after Hurricane Gustav, the state Department of Transportation announced.

BATON ROUGE -- The death toll from Hurricane Gustav grew to 23 Friday with health officials reporting three fatalities in St. Charles Parish and one in Winn Parish.