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 ...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- Crews in Louisiana have restored power to nearly 70% of greater New Orleans and nearly all of Baton Rouge after Hurricane Ida, but outside those large cities, getting lights ...

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 ...

Well, breaking news when it comes to the tropics, really the Gulf is as NOAA predicts an above average Atlantic hurricane season. The agency just releasing its forecast earlier this morning.

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News, ...

HURRICANES FORM, AND THEY CAN BE DEADLY. FIRST WARNING WEATHER METEOROLOGIST AVERY SHARD SHOWS YOU JUST HOW QUICKLY THE WATER CAN RISE. STORM SURGE IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATHS RELATED TO ...

Elderly residents of seven Louisiana nursing homes who were sent in 2021 to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse are being offered shares of a nearly $9 million settlement after ...

Many Louisiana residents are still hoping to receive FEMA assistance. When President Joe Biden visited Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, he promised a key form of federal aid to those ...

Hurricane Francine barreled early Wednesday toward Louisiana and is expected to make landfall in coming hours as forecasters raised threats of potentially deadly storm surge, widespread flooding and ...