Nation Apr 16 Coast Guard divers hope to reach 12 missing in capsized ship Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized lift boat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday. The effort to rescue 12 missing people has been complicated by daunting technical challenges and continued bad weather.
Nation Oct 28 Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Louisiana The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Zeta has crashed ashore in storm-weary Louisiana as a powerful Category 2 storm, striking the latest blow of an extraordinarily busy Atlantic tropical storm season.
Nation Oct 10 Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana Ripping tarps off damaged roofs and scattering massive piles of storm debris in the wind and water, Hurricane Delta inflicted fresh damage in Louisiana along the same path of destruction Hurricane Laura carved just six weeks earlier.
Nation Oct 08 ‘Sheer anxiety’: Louisiana braces itself for Hurricane Delta Louisiana residents still recovering from the devastation of a powerful hurricane less than two months ago braced for another hit as Hurricane Delta steamed north through the Gulf on Thursday.
Nation Sep 15 Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.
Nation Aug 28 More than 750,000 still without power in Hurricane Laura’s aftermath In hard-hit Lake Charles, Louisiana, the mayor says many of the city's 80,000 residents could be without basic services for days or weeks…
Nation Aug 28 Remnants of Hurricane Laura move east, leaving a disaster in Louisiana Flooding and more tornadoes were possible Friday as the leftovers of the once fearsome Category 4 hurricane, now a tropical depression, move eastward. Already, an apparent tornado tore through a church and homes in Arkansas.
Nation Aug 27 PHOTOS: Laura blasts destructive, life-threatening Gulf Coast path Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday, threatening the lives of people who didn't evacuate.
Nation Aug 26 Heeding warnings, Gulf Coast residents flee coming hurricane Thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled inland from an approaching storm deemed "unsurvivable" by forecasters, heeding warnings from leaders in two states, but leaving some without help as available space in hotels and shelters filled quickly. Evacuees arrived as far…
Nation Aug 26 Laura strengthens into ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities.