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Landfall is expected on Sunday night. Ida lurked off the coast of southeastern Louisiana late Saturday, forecast to intensify into a devastating Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds, packing ...

Ida battered Louisiana as a Category 4 with top winds of 150 mph, a tie for 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S. Monday, August 30, 2021 LAPLACE, Louisiana -- Some families near New ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Forecasters say Ida made landfall in Cuba as a hurricane and could grow to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with top winds of 140 mph when it nears the U.S. coast. The ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Hurricane Ida is continuing to intensify ahead of its expected landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, which is also the 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans. The ...

SLIDELL, Louisiana -- A 71-year-old Louisiana man is believed to have been killed by an alligator while he was walking in floodwaters after Hurricane Ida, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said ...

More than 700,000 people in Louisiana woke up in the dark Saturday as power restoration persists in being a difficult feat after Hurricane Ida battered the state. "Electricity is one of the biggest ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — At least one person has now died as a result of Hurricane Ida as the storm continues to hit Louisiana with high winds and heavy rain. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office reported ...

SLIDELL, La. -- A young dolphin that was "pushed into" a canal in the Louisiana city of Slidell during Hurricane Ida was rescued, checked for injuries, and released back into the wild Sunday, ...

Located new Little Bayou Black in the heart of Houma, these new apartments will include 120 units of mixed-income, ...