Hurricane Ida has moved onto to other parts of the nation, but Baton Rouge area schools are keeping campuses and, in some cases, moving to virtual classes.
East Baton Rouge on Wednesday will start figuring out how much debris was strewn by Hurricane Ida in residential neighborhoods. For now, though, the main focus has been on clearing streets and turning on traffic lights.
A heat advisory is in effect for all of southeast Louisiana from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday for heat index values of up to 106, according to the Slidell office of the National Weather Service.
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FEMA will not pay for hotel costs for those who evacuated.
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is asking local businesses to tell them how much damage they sustained from Hurricane Ida.
More than 242,000 homes and businesses in metro Baton Rouge were still without power Tuesday morning, as electric service knocked out by Hurricane Ida continued to be restored.
Livingston Parish officials on Monday barred residents from using waterways recreationally as local rivers and bayous rose in the wake of Hurricane Ida's churn through the area east of Baton Rouge.
Interstate 10 eastbound is now open from the Texas state line to the Mississippi state line, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development said around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The Hammond farmers market has a new home.
The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on Aug. 19-26:
The Slaughter Fire Department was one of many COVID-19 vaccination clinics offered in East Feliciana Parish last week.
Storms and pandemics
The following people were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison or issued a summons by the Zachary Police Department on Aug. 20-26:
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Mayor Barney Arceneaux and the City Council on Aug. 23 hosted the Gonzales National Dixie Youth Division (AA) 8 and under baseball team.
As Hurricane Ida left the Baton Rouge region Monday, but it left behind heavy rains that could cause some downriver flooding later this week, especially in the Florida parishes.
FEMA and the Small Business Administration are offering assistance to individuals and businesses that suffered losses in Hurricane Ida.
Amid power outages, Hammond's North Oaks Hospital tells people to email for patient COVID-19 updates
A Hammond hospital at the center of the fourth COVID-19 surge is alerting the public on how to get updates about their sick loved ones amid power outages and telephone service failures across much of southeast Louisiana.
Lesia Landry kept watching the water rise in her LaPlace subdivision. As the wind howled and blew the rain in sheets that looked like snow, her cell service and electricity down, water rising in the house, she decided to take refuge where she thou…
Three men have been arrested for a murder reported this past weekend in Franklinton, the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office says.
The body of a man killed when Hurricane Ida knocked a tree onto an Ascencion Parish house Sunday was recovered later that night, officials say.
After flying over some of the areas hit hardest during Hurricane Ida, two members of Congress from Louisiana described catastrophic devastation ranging from flooding and power grid failures to severe wind damage across a wide swath of the state. T…
A boil order has been issued for residents in portions of Livingston Parish.
President Joe Biden said he's asked the Federal Aviation Administration to allow Entergy Louisiana and others "to operate the use of surveillance drones to assess Ida's damage to energy infrastructure."
With so many traffic lights not working thanks to power outages caused by Hurricane Ida, intersections across Louisiana are temporarily four-way stops. Confusion has predictably ensued.
As Hurricane Ida exits southeast Louisiana, some Baton Rouge area schools are keeping campuses and, in some cases, moving to virtual classes.
Sherryl Varns and David Maggs shared a bucket of melting banana pudding ice cream in front of a boutique in Ponchatoula Monday as the remains of the business’s metal room hung over in front of them.
Some parishes and towns in the Baton Rouge area are extending curfews that were put in place due to Hurricane Ida.
Thousands of people were without wireless service Monday afternoon in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, due to the tremendous damage caused by Hurricane Ida.
More than 250,000 homes in metro Baton Rouge were without power Monday afternoon after Hurricane Ida’s powerful winds tore through Southeast Louisiana.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Louisiana is still in "life-saving mode" and, as the search and rescue crews clear through the debris in Hurricane Ida's aftermath, he fully expects the "confirmed death total to go up considerably."
Two people were hospitalized with injuries from a Monday morning shooting at a convenience store on Nicholson Drive, just hours after Hurricane Ida passed through the area, leaving most of the Baton Rouge area without power.
Several refineries were still idled without a timeline to get back online while a major oil hub was without power Monday as businesses began to tally damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
A day after Hurricane Ida made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane and slowly moved inland overnight, Louisianans are starting to assess the damage of the powerful storm.
HOLDEN – With broken trees scattered around them and pale brown water lapping against their porch, Debbie and Dave Whitehead had little to do but wait.
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome says city-parish crews have deployed to clear roadways and debris while thousands are still without power, but mostly the city-parish was spared from the "horrific impact" of Hurricane Ida.
More than 1 million people across south Louisiana lost power when Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday afternoon, and utility officials say many areas could remain without electricity for weeks.
The capital region woke up to widespread damage in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
Coast Guard flew over damage zones to identify hazards
The next available storm name is Larry.
Hurricane Ida's 10 to 12 feet of storm surge 'the highest the water has ever been'
Ochsner Health, Louisiana’s largest hospital system, worked to move 165 patients out of its hardest-hit hospitals Monday as the extent of Hurricane Ida's wrath on the state's already-taxed health care system came into focus.
Some parishes and towns in the Baton Rouge area are extending curfews that were put in place due to Hurricane Ida.
Thousands of people were without wireless service Monday afternoon in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, due to the tremendous damage caused by Hurricane Ida.
More than 250,000 homes in metro Baton Rouge were without power Monday afternoon after Hurricane Ida’s powerful winds tore through Southeast Louisiana.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Louisiana is still in "life-saving mode" and, as the search and rescue crews clear through the debris in Hurricane Ida's aftermath, he fully expects the "confirmed death total to go up considerably."
Two people were hospitalized with injuries from a Monday morning shooting at a convenience store on Nicholson Drive, just hours after Hurricane Ida passed through the area, leaving most of the Baton Rouge area without power.
Several refineries were still idled without a timeline to get back online while a major oil hub was without power Monday as businesses began to tally damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
A day after Hurricane Ida made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane and slowly moved inland overnight, Louisianans are starting to assess the damage of the powerful storm.
HOLDEN – With broken trees scattered around them and pale brown water lapping against their porch, Debbie and Dave Whitehead had little to do but wait.