Healthy Homes Ordinance, many of New Orleans’s “certified habitable” apartments still have leaks and mold. What went wrong?

Located new Little Bayou Black in the heart of Houma, these new apartments will include 120 units of mixed-income, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Louisiana-based volunteer force has gone global. The United Cajun Navy is now on the ground in Jamaica, coordinating relief efforts after Hurricane Melissa, a ...

In recent years, extreme weather events have revealed how fragile the country’s property insurance landscape is — and how quickly insurance companies can go from profitable to nonexistent.

In the days since Hurricane Melissa ripped through the Caribbean, we’re getting a clearer understanding of both the destruction and desperation the deadly storm has caused. In Jamaica, locals are ...

Alexa Liacko is a community journalist for CBS News Atlanta. She is passionate about telling impactful stories that highlight solution-makers and people spreading joy throughout Georgia. Flights are ...

The United Cajun Navy is sending relief teams and supplies to Jamaica following widespread damage from Hurricane Melissa. The organization is warning the public about fraudulent groups using ...

Parts of the Caribbean began surveying the extensive damage caused by the deadly Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday, Oct. 28. As the ...

The devastation from Hurricane Melissa came into focus after the record-setting storm moved past Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba with at least 33 deaths and almost $8 billion of damage in its wake. Across the ...

Members of the United Cajun Navy from Louisiana are deployed to Jamaica as the island nation braces for a catastrophic hurricane.This small group of volunteers is telling the story of one of the most ...

A weakened — but still powerful — Hurricane Melissa crossed Cuba on Wednesday after a devastating hit on Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. The storm had sustained winds of 185 miles per hour as it made ...