hurricane forecast

The forecast cone no longer includes Louisiana. Local impacts will be primarily coastal flooding, winds and heavy rainfall from the system’s outer bands, the National Weather Service said.

Francine weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday evening after making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane.

From evacuation routes to tips on getting out of town if you don't have a car: here's the information you need to consider when making your hurricane plans.

WWNO and WRKF are here for you during hurricane season, and we want to know what information you need as we anticipate severe weather.

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.

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.

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.

Tropical Storm Ida will strengthen into a major Category 3 hurricane just before it moves over southeast Louisiana, forecasters said Friday morning.

A tropical depression formed in the Caribbean on Thursday morning and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane once it reaches the northern Gulf of Mexico this weekend.

This week marks the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. WWNO's Tegan Wendland talked with NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune environment reporter Mark…