Nation Oct 07 Climate change’s uneven impact on communities of color compounded by uneven flow of aid Hurricane Ida survivors are still facing a difficult road ahead, nearly six weeks after it battered Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. And in Lake Charles, Louisiana, thousands are still waiting for relief from a string of natural disasters that…
Nation Oct 01 This century-old Louisiana grocery store has weathered decades of storms. Ida may be its breaking point COCODRIE, LA – Lapeyrouse’s grocery store stood the test of time for more than a century. For three generations, the store has persevered through numerous storms, but it’s never seen anything like Ida, which blew through coastal Louisiana…
Health Sep 23 After storms, mental health crisis compounded by COVID looms in Louisiana When Ida hit, it wasn't just infrastructure that took a hit. Experts say storm survivors' physical and mental health will continue to be affected long after the clouds have parted, compounded by the region’s high rates of COVID and hospitalizations…
Health Sep 22 Louisiana’s parishes feel ‘forgotten’ in the dark weeks after Hurricane Ida Residents in Louisiana have begun the long process of recovery following Hurricane Ida, which destroyed or caused major damage for about 8,000 homes statewide. While the city of New Orleans has largely recovered, the coastal parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne…
Nation Sep 17 ‘Purest form of hell’: Louisianans are living in tents and cars after losing homes to storms Local officials say there simply is not enough affordable housing for all the people who have lost their homes.
World Sep 10 For Haitians in U.S., a constant feeling of deja vu as disasters destroy their homeland Weeks after a massive earthquake devastated parts of Haiti, aid has yet to reach some of the more remote areas, and the suffering — and death toll — is growing. Here in the U.S, the more than million…
Nation Sep 10 Floating tombs, caskets vex grieving Louisiana residents after Ida floods cemeteries NEW ORLEANS – Norman Bouisse is wading through blackened water as thick muck fills his shrimp boots, looking for his baby brother’s casket. For years, the casket sat undisturbed in its plot in Adams Cemetery in the historic town of…
Nation Sep 07 Most of New Orleans regains power, but many across Gulf Coast still waiting While President Joe Biden visited New York and New Jersey, hundreds of thousands of residents and businesses in Louisiana, which he visited earlier last week, have remained without power, water or other basic needs for over a week. PBS NewsHour…
Nation Sep 06 Hundreds of thousands of Americans still without power in Ida’s aftermath New Jersey, New York and other Northeastern states continued cleaning up in the aftermath of the Ida storm system. At least 50 deaths from Virginia to Massachusetts have been linked with the storms. In Louisiana, at least 13 deaths have…
Nation Sep 03 Biden visits Louisiana as Gulf Coast, Northeast recover from Ida’s toll The death toll from Ida grew Friday as first responders in some places went door to door to list the missing. At least 49 people were killed in five Northeast states. President Joe Biden traveled to Louisiana to see the…