Weather patterns
A man takes a photo of waves crashing into what once was a dock for a ferry that transported people from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian, Miss., as a tropical system moves toward the Mississippi Coast on Friday, June 18, 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. (Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP)
Tropical weather lashes Gulf Coast with brisk winds, rain

By Kevin Mcgill And Jeff Martin Jun. 18, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

Residents walk past a cement post decorated with a smiley face and a message that reads in Uru; “I’m happy,” in the Urus del Lago Poopo indigenous community, in Punaca, Bolivia, Monday, May 24, 2021. None of the inhabitants speak Uru, the language of their ancestors. However, in the past few years they have decided to recover their native language. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia's 'People of the Water' try to survive loss of lake

By Carlos Valdez Jun. 09, 2021 12:35 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
Valdosta Daily Times. June 1, 2021. Editorial: Be prepared for hurricane season While pandemic seems to be subsiding,...

FILE - In this July 20, 2020, file photo, workers watch as a wrecking ball knocks debris loose from the Hard Rock Hotel building collapse site in New Orleans. New Orleans officials marked the return of two-way traffic to a major New Orleans thoroughfare Wednesday, April 28, 2021, more than 18 months after the partial collapse of a hotel under construction at the edge of the French Quarter killed three people and halted traffic and commerce on a section of historic Canal Street. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
18 months after collapse, a New Orleans street reopens

By Kevin Mcgill Apr. 28, 2021 01:59 PM EDT

Interior decks of the capsized cargo ship Golden Ray are exposed on Monday, April 26, 2021, after the engine room section was cut away and separated from the rest of the shipwreck by a towering crane, offshore of St. Simons Island, Ga. The South Korean vessel capsized with roughly 4,200 vehicles in its cargo decks in September 2019. The engine room section is the fourth giant chunk of the ship to be cut away and removed since demolition began in November 2020. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)
Halfway done, Georgia shipwreck demolition has months to go

By Russ Bynum Apr. 26, 2021 02:13 PM EDT

In this Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019 file photo, the Golden Ray cargo ship lies to port, capsized near a port near St. Simons Sound, on the Georgia coast. Demolition of a large cargo ship along the coast of Georgia is entering its fifth month, with work to chop the ship into eight large pieces going far slower than the salvage crew anticipated. (Buff Leavy/The Brunswick News via AP, File)
'Nothing but problems': Shipwreck tear-down enters 5th month

By Russ Bynum Mar. 13, 2021 09:09 AM EST

McNeese State AD relinquishes basketball coaching duties

Mar. 11, 2021 07:49 PM EST
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — McNeese State athletic director and basketball coach Heath Schroyer is stepping away from coaching to focus on rebuilding the...

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Jan. 06, 2021 06:45 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Jan. 2 The Advocate on lessons learned in 2020 to...

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Jan. 06, 2021 03:00 PM EST
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ Jan. 6 The Brunswick News on funds that are...

Children use buckets to clear muddy floodwater from a dyke in the village of Wang Chot, Old Fangak county, Jonglei state, South Sudan Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Some 1 million people in the country have been displaced or isolated for months by the worst flooding in memory, with the intense rainy season a sign of climate change. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak)
'Our children die in our hands': Floods ravage South Sudan

By Maura Ajak Jan. 01, 2021 02:58 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Dec. 02, 2020 03:47 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Dec. 2 The Advocate on National Football League...

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Dec. 02, 2020 03:37 PM EST
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Dec. 1 The Post and Courier on eliminating...

Residents clear debris from a flooded street in the Driftwood Acres Mobile Home Park, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Davie, Fla. Tropical Storm Eta was squatting off western Cuba on Tuesday after drifting away from South Florida, where it unleashed a deluge that flooded entire neighborhoods and covered the floors of some homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Eta remains a tropical storm as Florida prepares for 2nd hit

By Curt Anderson And Freida Frisaro Nov. 11, 2020 08:09 AM EST

Lemay Acosta and his daughter Layla,2, take a boat ride in his flooded neighborhood in Plantation, Fla. a day after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys and flooded parts of South Florida, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. South Florida will experience the high winds, rain and chance of tornadoes into Monday. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
Florida cities mop up after deluge from Tropical Storm Eta

By Freida Frisaro And Kelli Kennedy Nov. 10, 2020 12:20 AM EST

An aerial view of the massive, rain-fueled landslide in the village of Queja, in Guatemala, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. (Esteban Biba/Pool Photo via AP)
Tropical Storm Eta floods already drenched Florida cities

By Freida Frisaro And Kelli Kennedy Nov. 09, 2020 01:12 AM EST

Trey Camardelle surveys the damage to his parents' home from Hurricane Zeta, in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (Eric Shelton/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
Zeta's toll on a Louisiana island: 'Like a bomb was dropped'

By Matthew Hinton And Kevin Mcgill Oct. 30, 2020 01:00 AM EDT

People walk along a sidewalk in New Orleans as the outer eye wall of Hurricane Zeta passed by the city, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coast

By Rebecca Santana And Kevin Mcgill Oct. 29, 2020 01:43 AM EDT

A worker secures a dock before Hurricane Delta arrives near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, early Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then grow to a potentially catastrophic Category 4 on approach to the U.S. Gulf Coast this week. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Hurricane Zeta speeds toward a storm-weary Louisiana

By Kevin Mcgill, Stacey Plaisance And Rebecca Santana Oct. 28, 2020 01:10 AM EDT

A worker cleans fallen branches after Hurricane Zeta passed through Playa del Carmen, Mexico, early Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Zeta is leaving Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on a path that could hit New Orleans Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim

By Rebecca Santana And Stacey Plaisance Oct. 27, 2020 01:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, a Moran tugboat nears the stern of the capsizing vessel Golden Ray near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. The salvage team is seeking a federal permit to surround the shipwreck with a giant mesh barrier to contain any debris when they cut the ship apart. Salvage workers coming to the Georgia coast to cut apart and remove the cargo ship that overturned will be isolated at a nearby resort to protect them from the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
Removal of Georgia shipwreck delayed again over anchor issue

By Russ Bynum Oct. 07, 2020 05:55 PM EDT