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 costly upgrades, urging residents to leave early In late ...

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 Bermuda. Melissa was 605 miles west of Bermuda, moving north-northeast at 21 mph. There is no threat to Louisiana or the Gulf Coast.

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, 2025, as Hurricane Katrina Remembrance Day. He and First Lady ...

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 forced to take shelter in their attics as their homes took on ...

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 years ago today, Hurricane Laura pummeled western Louisiana ...

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 massive storm surge and up to 20 inches of rain after it makes ...

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, Museums My mother doesn’t have any of her baby pictures.