Ida

“Residents are gonna see a lot of movement in the next couple of weeks,” said Matthew Jewell, St. Charles Parish President.

Residents say their biggest need is temporary housing and help clearing off private property.

Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office says they are seeing cases of stolen claims far too often.

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Governor John Bel Edwards announced the state will be opening the Hurricane Ida Sheltering program to provide temporary housing for those heavily impacted by the storm.

Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana’s coastline as a powerful Category 4 storm on Sunday, Aug. 29.

Dozens of indoor and outdoor venues are taking part in NOLA X NOLA, an effort to promote the performances already scheduled across the city during the now-canceled weekends of Jazz Fest.

A portion of I-12 will be temporarily closed on Sunday, Oct. 3 for the energy cooperative DEMCO to run electrical transmissions lines across the interstate, according to Louisiana State Police.

Dozens of shrimp and oyster boats are damaged. Seafood Industry May have lost half of this year's crop

Doctors say the possibility of a new drug is exciting in the fight against COVID. The drugmaker, Merck, is now seeking authorization for the first antiviral pill for COVID.

The need for a public garbage drop-off location has been consistently decreasing, according to city officials.

Family members of Timothy Porter, 52, are furious and desperate for answers as to how their loved one died after being evacuated to a Tangipahoa warehouse with over 800 other nursing home residents.

For weeks residents of St. John the Baptist Parish have been displaced, dealing with the frustrations that come with rebuilding.

The federal government extends the day for Louisianans to apply for DSNAP. The Department of Children & Family Services tries to clear up confusion over eligibility.

One of Mandeville’s most historic structures took a beating from Ida and its future is unclear.

The victim's ages range from 52 to 84.

While the building that housed Lighthouse Worship Center in Galliano is destroyed, the membership and other volunteers live up to the name as a beacon in hard-hit Lafourche parish.

The New Orleans Council grilled the Mayor’s administration about how the city’s monitoring trash collection.

Trucks will pass your home up if you don’t separate debris piles but some residents say that’s tough to do.

Ida is among the strongest hurricanes on record to make landfall in Louisiana, with its maximum sustained winds of 150 mph at landfall matching those of Laura (2020) and the ‘Last Island’ hurricane of 1856.

FEMA is opening a temporary disaster recovery center to assist Hurricane Ida survivors at the main branch of the New Orleans Public Library

The City of New Orleans provided few answers Tuesday in response to a FOX 8 Lee Zurik Investigation that found the city’s contractor in charge of specifically collecting trash not associated with Hurricane Ida, was collecting nearly everything found on the street, including storm debris.

As COVID cases continue to fall, more events are coming back to the city.

Boutte struggles to recover as officials try to identify a FEMA trailer site.

The mayor of Grand Isle says the town is intent on rebuilding.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will hold a news conference about recovery efforts from Hurricane Ida and the state’s fourth surge of COVID-19 at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28.

City contractors that are supposed to keep trash and storm debris separate are mixing them together, which could mean a higher bill for whoever picks up the bill -- either the City of New Orleans or the federal government.

“I just thank God we didn’t lose as many lives like Katrina but still damage to your home takes a lot out of you… the house is just a house but it’s home,” said Young.

In Dularge and other bayou communities, the only kind of help they’re seeing comes from their neighbors.

It’s the first day back to school since the hurricane at Chackbay Elementary in Lafourche Parish. And in Lizzie Daigle’s second-grade class, the lesson is Ida.