Warmer Gulf waters fuel faster hurricane intensification Evacuations remain difficult for elderly and medical facilities State task force proposed “evaculanes” to ease congestion Officials resist ...

Melissa was a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph as of 7 a.m. Thursday and a hurricane warning was in effect in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana and U.S. flags were ordered to be flown at half-staff Friday for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Jeff Landry proclaimed Aug. 29, ...

Ida battered Louisiana as a Category 4 with top winds of 150 mph, a tie for 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S. LAPLACE, Louisiana -- Some families near New Orleans have been ...

While we're looking back at the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week, many other destructive hurricanes have hammered the U.S. during the last two weeks of August. On Aug. 27, 2020, five ...

Landfall is expected on Sunday night. Ida lurked off the coast of southeastern Louisiana late Saturday, forecast to intensify into a devastating Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds, packing ...

In Louisiana, heat and hurricanes can feel like a generational curse. After two decades, an editor who grew up in the state remembers and reflects on Katrina Kayla Randall - Digital Editor, ...