The Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled two virtual public meetings on its environmental assessment of a $2 billion plan to elevate levees and build stronger floodwalls along the Mississippi River from Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, with most o…
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A weakened Tropical Storm Beta was expected to make landfall near Port Lavaca, Texas, on Monday evening and then shamble slowly northeast on or along the Texas coast to Cameron Parish over the next two days before cutting northeast across Louisian…
Lemoine Co., DCMC to help Lake Charles diocese recover from Laura; loss estimated at $60-100 million
The Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles has selected DCMC Partners and The Lemoine Co. of Lafayette to assist with its recovery efforts from Hurricane Laura, which ravaged church properties, mostly in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, three weeks ago.
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Just a few days ago, Hurricane Sally appeared headed straight for New Orleans on a path that might take the storm spinning straight up the path of the Mississippi River. Instead, it stalled in the Gulf of Mexico, meandered eastwa…
Normal forward speed for hurricane is 5 mph to 15 mph; Sally crept at 3 mph
Overall, crawfish ponds made it through Hurricane Laura better than many other Louisiana crops.
Here's the worry Southwestern Louisiana area leaders are expressing of late: That Hurricane Laura and crippling damages it left behind in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes have been forgotten by the outside world. That no one would care.
The shrine to Our Lady, Protectress of Storms, still stands near the Calcasieu Pass gateway to Cameron Parish, interior. Less certain is how many of the Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles’ churches will stand after storm assessment and recovery effo…
Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Gulf Shores, Alabama on Wednesday.
Hurricane Sally’s three-day crawl towards the coastline along the Alabama-Florida border will produce life-threatening, historic rainfall flooding stretching east along the Florida panhandle and well inland into east central Alabama and southern G…
Hurricane Sally could reach Cat. 3 strength; storm conditions still expected for southeast Louisiana
Dangerous Hurricane Sally continued to strengthen Monday evening and could reach major, Category 3 strength, as it moves along a path keeping it east of the Mississippi River and the New Orleans region before making landfall near Pascagoula, Miss.…
Dangerous Hurricane Sally promised a snail-like delivery of life-threatening extreme rainfall, high storm surge and hurricane-force wind gusts to metropolitan New Orleans and St. Tammany Parish late Monday and early Tuesday on its journey to an ev…
Parts of Acadiana are expected to feel the effects of Tropical Storm Sally as it comes ashore as a hurricane early this week.
Tropical Depression 19 formed Friday afternoon 80 miles east of Miami, and is forecast to make landfall as at least a strong tropical storm, with 70 mph winds, at the Louisiana-Mississippi border near Slidell early Tuesday afternoon, according to …
Like every place in Louisiana that isn’t New Orleans, Lake Charles usually doesn’t enter the national consciousness. The catastrophic damage Hurricane Laura inflicted on the region hasn’t registered either.
Some areas in Acadiana remain under curfew as widespread power outages persist and residents recover from Hurricane Laura.
LAKE CHARLES — A day after the most powerful storm to strike Louisiana in a century and a half roared through, this city of nearly 80,000 people was in shambles, with thousands of houses in ruins, trees blocking roadways and power lines strewn in …
Wet marsh grass covered Highway 82 in Pecan Island on Friday morning, deposited by the Gulf water Hurricane Laura pushed inland as she made landfall early Thursday in nearby Cameron Parish.
Area organizations charged with helping during disasters spent Friday assessing damages from Hurricane Laura and how best to help those who were adversely affected.
President Donald Trump plans to visit Lake Charles on Saturday to meet with local and state officials and get a firsthand look at the devastation wrought by Hurricane Laura, the White House said Friday.
Area providers were fighting wind, standing water and rain Friday to restore services across Acadiana and throughout Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura on Thursday.
The Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office is implementing a curfew Friday because of conditions left behind by Hurricane Laura.
The two-lane highways that wind south through the tiny communities of Pecan Island and Creole were impassible Thursday morning, hours after Hurricane Laura’s winds snapped trees and wooden power poles, littering roadways with limbs and electrical …
Schools across the Acadiana region are canceling school Friday to allow families time to assess property damage, clean up and recover after Hurricane Laura made landfall overnight Thursday as a Category 4 storm. Widespread power outages affected S…
A 68-year-old Iota man died after a tree fell on a home during Hurricane Laura, the Iota Volunteer Fire Department confirmed Thursday.
As Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana overnight, the winds appeared to push a riverboat casino in to the pillars supporting the Interstate 10 bridge.
As Hurricane Laura made landfall made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, the 150 mph winds blew out the windows in the Capital One tower in Lake Charles.
A tornado warning has been issued for parts of Acadia, Cameron and Jeff Davis parishes this afternoon by the National Weather Service.
Vermilion Parish residents in low-lying areas were ordered to leave Wednesday in advance of Hurricane Laura, as local officials warned of 12-to-18-foot storm surge and catastrophic wind damage.
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, said Wednesday he would be riding the roads of his congressional district as a first responder as Hurricane Laura presses down on the Louisiana coastline, threatening catastrophe.
The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has ordered a mandatory evacuation for low-lying communities along the coast starting at noon Wednesday with a curfew in the parish from 9 p.m. to 5 p.m., starting Wednesday. The police jury also issued some ominou…
In Lafayette and the Acadiana region, watches and warnings have been issued and will continue amid Hurricane Laura.
Southwest Louisianians fled the coming onslaught of Hurricane Laura on Wednesday, as first-responders braced for what they expect to be a “catastrophic event” in and around Lake Charles from late Wednesday to Thursday.
A flood warning has been issued for the Vermilion River at Surrey Street as the National Weather Service projects the river will hit minor flood stage late Wednesday as Hurricane Laura nears landfall.
Calcasieu Parish residents were ordered to evacuate their homes Tuesday morning, as Tropical Storm Laura was upgraded to hurricane status and began to bear down toward the Louisiana and Texas state line.
Hurricane Laura is expected to strengthen into a Category 3 storm in the Gulf of Mexico this week, prompting some Louisiana officials to urge or require evacuations.
Ahead of Hurricane Laura making landfall, Cameron Parish officials announced a mandatory evacuation for the entire parish.
Ahead of Hurricane Laura impacting Louisiana this week, local officials are putting out sandbags for the public to prepare.
With refreshed memories of the devastating storm surge from Hurricane Rita 15 years ago, homeowners, business owners and camp owners took preparations Monday for what could be another flooding event when Tropical Storm Laura comes ashore later this week.
The two-lane highways that wind south through the tiny communities of Pecan Island and Creole were impassible Thursday morning, hours after Hurricane Laura’s winds snapped trees and wooden power poles, littering roadways with limbs and electrical …
Schools across the Acadiana region are canceling school Friday to allow families time to assess property damage, clean up and recover after Hurricane Laura made landfall overnight Thursday as a Category 4 storm. Widespread power outages affected S…
Hours after Hurricane Laura made landfall early Thursday, a large chemical fire erupted at a chlorine production plant just west of Lake Charles, sending a billowing plume of smoke for miles and prompting an emergency alert for people to take shel…
A 68-year-old Iota man died after a tree fell on a home during Hurricane Laura, the Iota Volunteer Fire Department confirmed Thursday.
Hurricane Laura plowed through a corner of Louisiana loaded with oil and gas wells, pipelines, storage tanks and other infrastructure that could potentially cause thousands of small and large environmental disasters – the extent of which may not b…
As Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana overnight, the winds appeared to push a riverboat casino in to the pillars supporting the Interstate 10 bridge.
As Hurricane Laura made landfall made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, the 150 mph winds blew out the windows in the Capital One tower in Lake Charles.
In addition to ferocious winds nearing Category 5 strength, Hurricane Laura was expected to deliver an "unsurvivable" two-story-high wall of surge water that would inundate almost all of Cameron Parish and create record flooding in Lake Charles af…
Rising water along the coast in southeast Louisiana has swamped La. 1 and other roads outside the levee system and may cut off Grand Isle and the state’s main oil port for days.
A tornado warning has been issued for parts of Acadia, Cameron and Jeff Davis parishes this afternoon by the National Weather Service.
Vermilion Parish residents in low-lying areas were ordered to leave Wednesday in advance of Hurricane Laura, as local officials warned of 12-to-18-foot storm surge and catastrophic wind damage.
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, said Wednesday he would be riding the roads of his congressional district as a first responder as Hurricane Laura presses down on the Louisiana coastline, threatening catastrophe.