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Lafayette, LA
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Partly Cloudy
- Humidity: 56%
- Feels Like: 89°
- Heat Index: 89°
- Wind: 2 mph
- Wind Chill: 85°
- UV Index: 0 Low
- Sunrise: 07:17:47 AM
- Sunset: 06:25:51 PM
- Dew Point: 67°
- Visibility: 10 mi
Today
Partly cloudy skies early followed by scattered thunderstorms overnight. Low 72F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy skies early followed by scattered thunderstorms overnight. Low 72F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tomorrow
Thunderstorms likely. Potential for severe thunderstorms. High 82F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall possibly over one inch.
Category 4 storm's surge, waves ripped up marsh grasses and washed them away
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It wasn't until a week after Hurricane Ida's violent passage that Ronald "Bay-bay" Laborde was finally able to return to his house along Bayou Segnette.
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Torrential rains from Tropical Depression Nicholas have stalled recovery efforts in coastal Louisiana communities that were torn apart less than three weeks ago by high winds from Hurricane Ida.
Rain from Tropical Storm Nicholas was expected to continue sweeping across Acadiana and southern Louisiana overnight Tuesday and through Wednesday.
Government buildings and other public spaces around Acadiana are closing their doors as a safety precaution as rain from Tropical Storm Nicholas creates a flooding risk across the region.
Flash flooding is possible across Acadiana as forecasters predict Tropical Storm Nicholas could dump as much 15 inches of rain across the region as it passes through Texas and Louisiana.
Acadiana could see up to 15 inches of rain and 35 mph winds tonight through Wednesday as Tropical Storm Nicholas makes its way toward Louisiana.
Ahead of Tropical Storm Nicholas, which is expected to drop heavy rainfall on Louisiana this week, local officials are putting out sandbags for the public to prepare.
Tommy Pitre rode his bicycle through downtown Thibodaux on Monday afternoon to witness Hurricane Ida's wreckage firsthand. It was one of the few ways to access the city, since law enforcement turned vehicles around at the main entrances and cell r…
Acadiana, largely unscathed by Hurricane Ida, may become a substantial staging area for storing and shipping goods intended for south Louisiana areas battered by the storm Sunday.
HOUMA — George Arthur, 69, of Houma, stood at the kitchen sink of his small house on Park Avenue on Monday morning where a collection of ceramic chickens lined the windowsill and an assortment of frying pans hung nearby.
With Acadiana largely spared from the perils of Hurricane Ida, power companies serving this region were releasing their back-up crews from this area to work in more storm-affected areas elsewhere.
More than 600 power customers were without service around Acadiana at mid-afternoon Sunday, but not all of the problems were hurricane related.
Helping agencies in Acadiana were poised Sunday to react to expected damages in eastern Louisiana, as the path of Hurricane Ida became more likely.
The following Acadiana communities are under curfews due to Hurricane Ida.
Angel Bijou didn't realize how serious the Hurricane Ida forecast was until Saturday night.
FRANKLIN — On Saturday morning, with roughly 36 hours until Hurricane Ida’s projected landfall in south Louisiana, residents in Franklin said their prayers and commiserated with neighbors as they loaded sandbags and boarded windows, while evacuees…
Portions of Acadiana are under a hurricane warning as Ida approaches the south Louisiana coast. Here's a parish-by-parish look, as of midday Saturday, at what the National Weather Service says will come as the storm arrives late Sunday and early Monday.
Portions of Acadiana are under a hurricane warning as Ida approaches the south Louisiana coast this weekend. Here's a parish-by-parish look, as of Friday evening, at what the National Weather Service says will come as the storm arrives late Sunday…
Residents of Acadiana parishes eastward kicked their hurricane preparations into high gear Friday as Tropical Storm Ida strengthened into Hurricane Ida even before entering the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where the storm is expected to stre…
Lafayette hospitals are fortifying their supply stores and backup generator capacity while preparing staff for potential overnight and shelter-in-place shifts ahead of Hurricane Ida’s expected landfall in south Louisiana on Sunday.
Because of the impending hurricane, Republic Services is suspending trash and recycling collection Monday, Lafayette Consolidated Government announced Friday.
As Hurricane Ida moves toward Louisiana, some Acadiana area and Southwest Louisiana schools are closing campuses.
Local cities and parishes are making sandbags available to their residents as the potential exists for heavy rainfall over the weekend from Tropical Storm Ida, which is expected to strenghten into a hurricane before making landfall.
Tropical Storm Ida could intensify into a Category 2 hurricane by the weekend with landfall likely along the Louisiana coast.
Daily showers and cloudy skies have loomed over Lafayette and South Louisiana for almost several weeks. According to Todd Mogged, a forecaster at the US National Weather Service in Lake Charles, there has been a trough of low pressure trapped over…
A bridge over the Atchafalaya River in St. Mary Parish remains closed in both directions because of a Sunday traffic incident on the Berwick side, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation.
Louisiana's southwestern parishes were awarded the bulk of $136 million in funding from FEMA on Thursday for long-term recovery projects aimed at reducing the risk of future flooding, including buyouts, elevations and drainage improvements.
The rain is expected to start Friday.
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If there's a bright spot in the efforts to repel Hurricane Ida's worst in Louisiana, it's likely the complete lack of damage caused by storm surge to the main New Orleans area hurricane levee systems.
Tommy Pitre rode his bicycle through downtown Thibodaux on Monday afternoon to witness Hurricane Ida's wreckage firsthand. It was one of the few ways to access the city, since law enforcement turned vehicles around at the main entrances and cell r…
Over 67 people were rescued on Monday. One elderly woman was found dead inside of a home.
Hurricane Ida appears to have put an abrupt end to a long-running controversy over the burned and blighted house U.S. Rep. Troy Carter owns on Algiers Point.
Acadiana, largely unscathed by Hurricane Ida, may become a substantial staging area for storing and shipping goods intended for south Louisiana areas battered by the storm Sunday.
HOUMA — George Arthur, 69, of Houma, stood at the kitchen sink of his small house on Park Avenue on Monday morning where a collection of ceramic chickens lined the windowsill and an assortment of frying pans hung nearby.
With Acadiana largely spared from the perils of Hurricane Ida, power companies serving this region were releasing their back-up crews from this area to work in more storm-affected areas elsewhere.
'Some people didn't heed' evacuation order, parish official says
More than 600 power customers were without service around Acadiana at mid-afternoon Sunday, but not all of the problems were hurricane related.
'This storm is nothing to play with,' parish president says
Helping agencies in Acadiana were poised Sunday to react to expected damages in eastern Louisiana, as the path of Hurricane Ida became more likely.