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Lafayette, LA
Right Now
- Humidity: 57%
- Feels Like: 102°
- Heat Index: 102°
- Wind: 13 mph
- Wind Chill: 91°
- UV Index: 11
- Sunrise: 06:26:54 AM
- Sunset: 08:01:38 PM
- Dew Point: 74°
- Visibility: 10 mi
Today
Sun and clouds mixed. Continued hot and humid. High near 95F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy. Low 76F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow
Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 93F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
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LATEST WEATHER HEADLINES
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.
If there's a bright spot in the efforts to repel Hurricane Ida's worst in Louisiana, it's likely the complete lack of damage caused by storm surge to the main New Orleans area hurricane levee systems.
Over 67 people were rescued on Monday. One elderly woman was found dead inside of a home.
Hurricane Ida appears to have put an abrupt end to a long-running controversy over the burned and blighted house U.S. Rep. Troy Carter owns on Algiers Point.
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…
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.
Some parishes and towns in the Baton Rouge area are extending curfews that were put in place due to Hurricane Ida.
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.
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Louisiana due to Hurricane Ida, allowing federal money to be used in recovery efforts.
An Ascension Parish man was killed Sunday when a tree fell on his home during Hurricane Ida, sheriff's deputies said.
The core of Hurricane Ida reached the Baton Rouge region around 10 p.m. Sunday night, increasing the intensity of winds and rain throughout the capitol region.
Hurricane Ida slammed into the Baton Rouge area Sunday as one of the strongest storms in a century.
As Hurricane Ida charged across southeast Louisiana, some Baton Rouge area schools are closing campuses or going online-only.
Hurricane Ida began an hourslong assault on the Baton Rouge area early Sunday, pelting the region with heavy rain while its compact eye was well offshore and threatening to bring myriad problems to weather weary south Louisiana over the coming days.