Aug 30 Watch 7:02 A look at the damage after Hurricane Idalia slammed Florida as a Category 3 storm By Geoff Bennett, Eliot Barnhart, Solveig Rennan Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday blasting Florida with winds near 125 miles an hour and a wall of water that caused heavy flooding. Thousands chose to get out of harm's way, while others hunkered down for the first major storm… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch 6:46 Hurricane Idalia intensifying as it heads for landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast By Amna Nawaz, Alexis Cox, Solveig Rennan Hurricane Idalia is gaining strength and barreling toward Florida where it is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday morning. Forecasters are warning of a catastrophic storm surge along with destructive winds, flooding rain and tornadoes. Amna… Continue watching
Sep 15 Nicholas crawls into Louisiana from Texas, dumping rain By Jay Reeves, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Nicholas has weakened into a tropical depression as it crawls across southern Louisiana, unleashing heavy rain across the coasts of Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. It's unwelcome weather for survivors of Hurricane Ida, which destroyed thousands of rooftops now… Continue reading
Sep 13 Tropical Storm Nicholas gets stronger, threatens to hit Texas as hurricane By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Tropical Storm Nicholas gathered strength Monday and threatened to blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to parts of the Gulf Coast. Continue reading
Sep 04 Biden walks storm-ravaged Louisiana: 'I know you're hurting' By Josh Boak, Associated Press Biden pledged robust federal assistance to get people back on their feet and said the government already had distributed $100 million directly to individuals in the state in $500 checks to give them a first slice of critical help. Many… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 4:04 Ida: Louisiana braces for impact as evacuations continue By PBS NewsHour Evacuations continue and more than 2,000 FEMA personnel are deployed as the gulf coast braces for Hurricane Ida, a category 4 storm -- on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the most devastating storm in America’s history. NewsHour Correspondent Roby Chavez… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 3:56 Gulf Coast preps for Ida landfall, possibly a Category 4 storm By PBS NewsHour Evacuations are underway as the U.S. Gulf Coast prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Ida. New Orleans is expected to be in the center of the storm. Ida made landfall in Cuba on Friday after which it quickly moved to… Continue watching
May 31 Louisiana coast still hurting from storms, bracing for more By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Nine months after two back-to-back hurricanes hammered their towns, scores of coastal Louisiana residents are still struggling to recover. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 3:35 Hurricane Delta: Another blow to storm-battered Gulf Coast By PBS NewsHour Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power after Hurricane Delta slammed the Gulf Coast just six weeks after the region was devastated by Hurricane Laura. The hurricane, which weakened to a tropical storm when it made landfall on… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 3:36 Hurricane Delta could bring 'inundation' to Louisiana coast Hurricane Delta, now a Category 2 storm, is expected to make landfall in southwest Louisiana Friday evening. Its outer bands have already brought substantial rain and wind to the area. Delta is the second hurricane to hit this region in… Continue watching