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Courtesy of Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer/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. -
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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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. -
Lower coastal parishes bore the brunt of the storm. Parish leaders are trying to rescue people and take stock of the damage, all without phone service, water or power.
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As Hurricane Ida continues to batter southeast Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday afternoon that search and rescue operations will not begin until first light Monday morning due to the Category 4 storm’s dangerous conditions.
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Small communities just outside New Orleans and its levee protection system are being pummeled by Hurricane Ida, with hundreds of people asking for help but unable to be reached due to catastrophic flooding from several feet of stormwater.
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Forecasters expected the storm to weaken at landfall. It hasn't.
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As Hurricane Ida gains strength faster than forecasters anticipated at a time when COVID cases and hospitalizations are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, Gov. John Bel Edwards urged Louisianans to make final preparations and get out of the path of what is expected to be a Category 4 hurricane at landfall.
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Hurricane Ida is approaching New Orleans more rapidly than city officials had initially prepared for, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in an evening press conference Friday.
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As Hurricane Ida moves closer to the Gulf of Mexico, officials in the New Orleans metro area urged residents to prepare for what could be a strong Category 3 hurricane.
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Hurricane Ida has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane in the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. The storm is expected to continue strengthening before moving inland over Louisiana and the U.S. Gulf Coast later today, forecasters said Sunday morning.
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Tropical Storm Ida will strengthen into a major Category 3 hurricane just before it moves over southeast Louisiana, forecasters said Friday morning.
