The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday to celebrate completion of the Interstate 10 widening project between Henderson and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.
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- Humidity: 91%
- Feels Like: 68°
- Heat Index: 68°
- Wind: 7 mph
- Wind Chill: 68°
- UV Index: 2 Low
- Sunrise: 07:02:10 AM
- Sunset: 05:39:27 PM
- Dew Point: 65°
- Visibility: 9 mi
Today
Scattered thunderstorms during the morning becoming more widespread this afternoon. High 72F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
Tonight
Thunderstorms likely this evening. Then a chance of scattered thunderstorms overnight. Low 61F. SW winds shifting to NW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Tomorrow
Cloudy. High 72F. Winds light and variable.
On its way out the door, President Donald Trump's administration has finally turned on a long-awaited spigot of federal dollars to begin paying the 65% federal share of the $3 billion, 92-mile Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system that will protect th…
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The Interstate 10 westbound lanes are closed Monday morning after a tractor trailer overturned in the road, according to Louisiana State Police.
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Catholic Charities of Acadiana and Asbury Methodist Church will collaborate Saturday to apply tarps to roofs damaged by Hurricane Delta. Volunteers should confirm they’ll participate by 10 a.m. Friday.
Youngsville Police Chief Rickey Boudreaux's hurricane relief efforts were cut short after he injured himself with a chainsaw Wednesday morning.
Dustin Viator, a line worker supervisor for Lafayette Utilities System, can't remember the last time he had a day off. And even though crews restored power to all remaining LUS customers on Tuesday, the work is far from over.
About 65,000 people in Acadiana were still without electricity Monday afternoon in the aftermath of Hurricane Delta.
South Louisiana Community College classes will be canceled for a second, consecutive day in the wake of Hurricane Delta.
Louisiana animal rights advocates are mourning the loss of one of their biggest champions following a weekend house fire related to Hurricane Delta.
Treasa Terhall had tears in her eyes as she picked up bagged lunches from Gueydan City Hall on Sunday afternoon.
Some 28,000 Lafayette Parish customers remained without power Sunday afternoon, as area utilities, contract workers and industry partners sought to reconnect them to electricity in the wake of Hurricane Delta, which swept through the area Friday night.
After Hurricane Delta ripped off the blue tarp roofs installed after Hurricane Laura tore through southwest Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday the state is returning to a federal program for storm victims to get the temporary roofs put o…
As Lafayette Parish residents surveyed Hurricane Delta’s damage and set to work on storm cleanup, they expressed gratitude for silver linings and the help of family, friends and neighbors.
Some Acadiana public school districts are opting to remain closed early next week as districts assess damage after Hurricane Delta.
FRANKLIN -- David Loustalot was watching TV around 8 p.m. Friday in his Franklin home, thinking the worst of Hurricane Delta had passed, when the wind suddenly started howling.
Hurricane Delta flooded roads and homes, ripped apart buildings and left thousands without power along the southern Louisiana coast, a region still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Laura just weeks ago.
Hurricane Delta's winds brought down trees and power lines, damaged homes and left much of the Lafayette area without power Saturday, but Acadiana residents were largely thankful there wasn't more damage from the Category 2 storm.
Catholic Charities of Acadiana’s disaster-response teams and their partners fanned out into the Lafayette community Saturday to assess reported damages from Hurricane Delta to homes where residents need assistance in recovery.
Dawn broke Saturday on a newly battered Calcasieu Parish, which sustained severe damage from rainfall of some 6 to at least 17 inches. Parish Police Jury spokesman Thomas Hoefer said the impact was most severe in the eastern reaches of the parish.
Lafayette area utility customers were largely left without power Saturday morning, as Hurricane Delta left a far deeper impact on power lines here than Hurricane Laura did in August.
St. Mary Parish, according to early assessments, escaped the worst of Hurricane Delta.
Acadiana and southwestern Louisiana power customers were suffering from outages as Hurricane Delta passed through the southernmost parts of the state.
The Vermilion River rose rapidly in Lafayette Friday night as Hurricane Delta’s rains pelted the region and coastal storm surges battered the coast, nearing its moderate flood stage around 8:15 p.m.
The Lafayette Fire Department is warning drivers to stay off the road during dangerous Hurricane Delta conditions after a driver crashed into a fallen tree.
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Images of Hurricane Delta approaching the coastal area from Lafayette, Crowley, Jennings, Gueydan, Lake Arthur, Pecan and Cow Islands and lower St. Mary Parish.
Thousands of National Guard troops, utility workers and other emergency responders were readying Friday for a response to Hurricane Delta that was expected to be complicated by its route through storm-battered southwest Louisiana, as the latest st…
IOWA — It was just six weeks ago that Hurricane Laura's winds, whistling like a freight train, tore the roof off Brian Schexnayder’s home just east of Lake Charles and nearly destroyed it.
FRANKLIN -- David Loustalot was watching TV around 8 p.m. Friday in his Franklin home, thinking the worst of Hurricane Delta had passed, when the wind suddenly started howling.
Hurricane Delta flooded roads and homes, ripped apart buildings and left thousands without power along the southern Louisiana coast, a region still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Laura just weeks ago.
Hurricane Delta's winds brought down trees and power lines, damaged homes and left much of the Lafayette area without power Saturday, but Acadiana residents were largely thankful there wasn't more damage from the Category 2 storm.
Catholic Charities of Acadiana’s disaster-response teams and their partners fanned out into the Lafayette community Saturday to assess reported damages from Hurricane Delta to homes where residents need assistance in recovery.
IOWA — In late August, Hurricane Laura's winds, whistling like a train, tore the roof off Brian Schexnayder’s home in southwest Louisiana and nearly destroyed it.
Dawn broke Saturday on a newly battered Calcasieu Parish, which sustained severe damage from rainfall of some 6 to at least 17 inches. Parish Police Jury spokesman Thomas Hoefer said the impact was most severe in the eastern reaches of the parish.
Lafayette area utility customers were largely left without power Saturday morning, as Hurricane Delta left a far deeper impact on power lines here than Hurricane Laura did in August.
St. Mary Parish, according to early assessments, escaped the worst of Hurricane Delta.
Acadiana and southwestern Louisiana power customers were suffering from outages as Hurricane Delta passed through the southernmost parts of the state.
Hurricane Delta, which slammed ashore in Cameron Parish around 6 p.m. Friday as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph, is likely to remembered because it delivered almost a foot and a half of rainfall to much of southwestern Louisiana in le…
The Vermilion River rose rapidly in Lafayette Friday night as Hurricane Delta’s rains pelted the region and coastal storm surges battered the coast, nearing its moderate flood stage around 8:15 p.m.