Hurricane Laura
A statue of Jesus Christ stands in front of the remains of a house in Cameron Parish, La. on Monday, May 24, 2021. Scores of people in coastal Louisiana are still living in campers on dirt mounds or next to cement slabs where their houses once stood. Unresolved insurance claims and a shortage of supply and labor are stymying building efforts. And weather forecasters are warning of more possible devastation to come. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)
Louisiana coast still hurting from storms, bracing for more

By Rebecca Santana May. 30, 2021 11:04 AM EDT

Homeowner Stephen Punkay, right, dumps a cart-load of wet carpet to add to the debris pile, after the Baker Drive home that he and wife Amy share with their six children got at least six inches of water in Monday night's deluge of rain in the Westminster subdivision, as they clean up with the help of family, neighbors and "church family" from Community Bible Church, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Heavy rains have swept across southern Louisiana, flooding homes, swamping cars and closing a major interstate. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)
Drenching rains flood homes, swamp cars in south Louisiana

By Rebecca Santana May. 18, 2021 01:45 PM EDT

Central Louisiana zoo still repairing damage from Laura

Feb. 06, 2021 11:22 AM EST
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Although Hurricane Laura’s landfall was about 115 miles (185 kilometers) away, damage from its winds and COVID-19 restrictions have kept...

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Jan. 06, 2021 06:45 PM EST
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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 10:20 AM EST
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Nicole Caswell talks to her daughter Emily Pascale before her wedding, inside the home of Emily's now in-laws, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, Grand Lake, La., which was heavily damaged from Hurricanes Laura and Delta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Hurricanes, virus can't stop Louisiana couple's wedding

By Rebecca Santana Dec. 29, 2020 12:23 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, Mona Hardin, center left at podium, mother of Ronald Greene, speaks at a news conference outside the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Greene died following a police chase in Louisiana in 2019, and his death is now under federal investigation. Greene's family filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit in May alleging troopers "brutalized" Greene, used a stun gun on him three times and "left him beaten, bloodied and in cardiac arrest," before covering up his actual cause of death. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray, File)
Pandemic, hurricanes top Louisiana news for 2020

Dec. 28, 2020 06:54 AM EST

Roofers work on the heavily damaged and gutted home of Christi and Brandy Monticello, in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta, in Lake Charles, La., Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
2 months after hurricanes, Louisiana residents still hurting

By Rebecca Santana Dec. 24, 2020 01:24 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Dec. 02, 2020 03:47 PM EST
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This GeoColor satellite image taken Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, at 1 p.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Eta in the Gulf of Mexico approaching the border of Honduras and Nicaragua. New Hurricane Eta quickly gained force Monday as it headed for Central America on the verge of becoming a major hurricane, threatening massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region. (NOAA via AP)
Cat 4 Hurricane Eta threatens flooding in Central America

Nov. 02, 2020 09:12 PM 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

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)
The Latest: President declares emergency in Mississippi

By The Associated Press Oct. 28, 2020 10:26 PM 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

Debris, still not picked up from Hurricane Laura, lies piled up in advance of Hurricane Delta, expected to make landfall Friday, in Cameron, La., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The Latest: Hurricane Delta weakens slightly on path to US

By The Associated Press Oct. 09, 2020 05:04 AM EDT

Cars leave Cameron, La., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in advance of Hurricane Delta, expected to make landfall Friday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The Latest: Major Hurricane Delta intensifies over the Gulf

By The Associated Press Oct. 08, 2020 05:22 PM EDT

The Rev. Ivory Williams, Sr. and Chris Welch board up the windows of St. John Baptist Church while prepping for Hurricane Delta on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Charenton, La. (Brad Kemp/The Advocate via AP)
'This is not a bad dream': New hurricane menaces Louisiana

By Rebecca Santana And Melinda Deslatte Oct. 08, 2020 02:28 AM EDT

A couple rides a motorcycle along a flooded street after the passing of Hurricane Delta in Tizimin, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Hurricane Delta made landfall Wednesday just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun as a Category 2 storm, downing trees and knocking out power to some resorts along the northeastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico's Yucatan, then heads for US

By Luis Andrés Henao Oct. 07, 2020 04:09 PM EDT

Terrebonne Parish employee Raul Estrada stabilizes the rock wall with cement on Island Road in Isle de Jean Charles, La., ahead of Hurricane Delta Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Delta could make landfall, possibly as a Category 3 storm, sometime Friday south of Morgan City, La. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)
Busy 2020 hurricane season has Louisiana bracing a 6th time

By Stacey Plaisance And Rebecca Santana Oct. 07, 2020 03:07 PM EDT