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More than a year later, some Lake Charles residents could see repairs made to their Laura- and Delta-damaged homes as officials roll out a new $11.3 million housing program, according to an announcement Monday. -
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)/Louisiana’s congressional delegation are repeating the claim, despite climate risks.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards will likely not issue a major disaster declaration after a severe storm blew through Southwest Louisiana on Wednesday. But he acknowledged all of the damage the region has sustained beginning last year, from two hurricanes, a winter storm, a spring flood and now a EF-2 tornado. -
Louisiana insurance policyholders in 25 parishes are subject to cancellation and non-renewal of their policies starting Monday.
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An industrial gas provider is moving to Ascension Parish with plans to build a $4.5 billion clean energy facility, Louisiana officials announced Thursday.
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The Louisiana Oyster Task Force hopes to revive a state-run program created after Hurricane Katrina that would help oyster harvesters rehabilitate their fishing grounds and save the state from poor harvests in the next few years.
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City officials are now promising new regulations for independent living centers to fill in what they say is a gap that left hundreds in the sweltering heat and darkness.
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Louisiana public officials are closely monitoring Tropical Storm Nicholas as the system continues its slow march along the Gulf after making landfall on the central Texas coast early Tuesday morning.
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More than 95% of New Orleans now has power back, Entergy officials said Thursday, but about 220,000 customers of Louisiana's largest utility are still without power 11 days after Hurricane Ida made landfall.
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Nine people died from excessive heat in New Orleans in the days following Hurricane Ida, which knocked out power across the city for multiple days, according to Louisiana’s Department of Health.
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More than 85% of New Orleans has power back 10 days after Hurricane Ida made landfall, a level of progress that Entergy officials described as miraculous during a call with media members Wednesday.
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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is looking into more than three dozen complaints or reports of possible environmental damage from utilities and chemical plants across the state that were in the path of Hurricane Ida. Officials at the agency, however, said none of what has been reported so far requires immediate action.
