Louisiana

Millions across Southeast bracing for potential tornadoes

By Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of schools, COVID-19 vaccination clinics, businesses and more shut down across the Deep South on Wednesday as forecasters warned of waves of severe weather including massive tornadoes, downpours and hail the size of tennis balls.

Canceled parades and closed bars make for muted Mardi Gras

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press

Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all were expected to prevent what New Orleans usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season.

Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies at 41 from COVID-19

By Associated Press

The state's newest congressman, set to take office in January, was admitted to a Monroe hospital on Dec. 19 after testing positive for the coronavirus disease.

Louisiana landlords sue over CDC eviction moratorium

By Associated Press

Louisiana landlords have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a moratorium on evictions ordered by the CDC to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus.

Gulf storm damage causes polling place moves, power outages

By Melinda Deslatte, Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Thousands of voters in southwest Louisiana will be casting ballots in different locations Tuesday because Hurricane Laura wrecked their traditional polling sites in late August.

One Louisiana island tries to make sense of Hurricane Zeta’s toll

By Matthew Hinton, Kevin McGill, Associated Press

Toppled utility poles and debris from damaged buildings litter much of Grand Isle, Louisiana, a vulnerable barrier island community where residents were among the first to witness the ferocity of Hurricane Zeta.

‘Our heart breaks’: South digs out from Zeta’s wrath

By Jeff Amy, Kevin McGill, Associated Press

Hurricane Zeta has come and gone, but residents across the South are still digging out from the Category 2 storm that made landfall in Louisiana before racing northeast and out to sea.

Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Louisiana

By Kevin McGill, Rebecca Santana, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press

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.

Roads to Election 2020: What, why and how Americans are voting this election

By PBS NewsHour Weekend

PBS NewsHour Weekend criss-crossed the country including key battleground states to speak to voters about issues they most care about and how they plan to vote. We also spoke with reporters at our partner public media stations across the nation…

Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana

By Rebecca Santana, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press

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.