Dec 31 WATCH: At least 500 homes destroyed by Colorado wildfires, sheriff says By Patty Nieberg, Brady McCombs, Colleen Slevin, Associated Press There were no known deaths in a wind-fueled wildfire outside Denver, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said Friday. Continue reading
Dec 28 ‘So difficult’: Frigid temperatures in Northwest force some to seek shelter By Manuel Valdes, Associated Press Severe weather sweeping parts of the U.S. has brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest and heavy snow to mountains in Northern California and Nevada. Continue reading
Sep 10 Floating tombs, caskets vex grieving Louisiana residents after Ida floods cemeteries By Roby Chavez 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… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 4:18 Scattered thunderstorms, lack of power complicate Louisiana recovery efforts Power is now restored to most of New Orleans, but several hundred thousand people in southeast Louisiana are still without amid a rising death toll. Local officials say 9 more people in New Orleans have died of excessive heat, bringing… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 5:04 Most of New Orleans regains power, but many across Gulf Coast still waiting By Roby Chavez 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… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch 4:05 Hundreds of thousands of Americans still without power in Ida’s aftermath By Roby Chavez 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… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch 5:01 Biden visits Louisiana as Gulf Coast, Northeast recover from Ida’s toll By Roby Chavez 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… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch 5:13 Nearly a decade after Hurricane Sandy, NYC’s outer boroughs see ‘bare minimum’ investment Justin Brannan, a New York City councilman representing Brooklyn, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss Ida's toll on New York City, and how the city can brace itself for similar weather events in the future. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 9:27 Despite being downgraded to a storm, Ida pummeled East Coast states By Roby Chavez, Amber Partida, Dorothy Hastings, Jason Kane The U.S. East Coast is grappling with historic flooding and tornadoes. At least 40 more deaths have been linked to storm Ida since it struck with new fury Wednesday. Other than Louisiana, flooding is also bad in parts of the… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch 7:20 Some Louisiana parishes may be without power for months By Roby Chavez, Leah Nagy, Gretchen Frazee, Maea Lenei Buhre, Mike Fritz, Jason Kane Hundreds of thousands in Southeast Louisiana are still facing a lack of power, water, and gasoline three days after Hurricane Ida struck the area. President Joe Biden is expected to visit Friday. Overall, more than a million are without power. Continue watching