Ida

Residents in the Town of Jean Lafitte in low-lying Jefferson Parish experienced bad weather on Friday, even as they are still recovering from Hurricane Ida.

FEMA wanted to install trailer pads, utilities, and gravel roads in a 5.74-acre field on Houma Boulevard, but was “unable to negotiate a lease,” according to Jefferson Parish officials Monday morning.

The National Hurricane Center issued its final report on Hurricane Ida on Wednesday, April 5.

Officials with the Louisiana Cemetery Task Force said it could take several years before the caskets are returned to their proper resting places.

St. Charles Parish residents, like many living across South Louisiana, are facing rising flood insurance premiums due to FEMA’s new Risk Rating 2.0 program, which overhauls the National Flood Insurance Program (or NFIP).

Blake and Abigail Estevez, both young parents from Norco, said they never could prepare for the heart-wrenching news: their 9-month-old baby girl, Blakely, had been diagnosed with kidney cancer.

Grand Isle residents are determined to bring the island back even better than before. But bouncing back after Hurricane Ida won’t be something that happens overnight.

Homes and camps are still destroyed, while others are being rebuilt, and the roadways are starting to clear. But residents are pushing forward.

St. Charles Parish Public Schools are proud to announce that progress is being made towards recovery by announcing that Destrehan High School is set to reopen Tuesday, Jan. 18.

Over 130 days after Ida's landfall, power has been restored to the hardest hit community of Grand Isle

Alia Gonzales watched Wednesday as an excavator tore apart what was left of what she describes as her “dream home,” irreparably damaged by Hurricane Ida.

Houma resident LaTosha Williams and her family have been living in a camper in the front yard of her damaged home. Hurricane Ida was over four months ago and she said she’s still waiting for insurance money so she can rebuild.

Gabryelle Allnut traveled to Charlotte to escape Hurricane Ida and was killed in an arts studio days after landfall.

For many residents in St. John the Baptist Parish, the holiday season looks a little different.

Employees of the St. Charles Parish public school system are not letting the devastation of Hurricane Ida ruin their Christmas spirit.

The $760 million project is currently tied up in court. Flood-weary residents are worried about the next big storm.

Barbara Wright lives in a rural area outside of Greensburg. She relies on her landline for phone services as her cell phone is largely unreliable, cell service is spotty at best.

Hurricane season ends with Terrebonne residents waiting for hundreds of housing units.

The deadline to apply for Hurricane Ida recovery assistance from FEMA is Monday (Nov. 29).

The state celebrates the success of it’s temporary housing program, created because FEMA’s was moving too slow, but leaders in hard hit areas, like Lafourche, say there’s not much to tout.

A 2020 poll conducted by the Cowen Institute at Tulane University captured a range of experiences and attitudes from 1,000 public and private school parents and guardians in Orleans Parish related to how schools responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Housing programs shifts from state to FEMA

Homeowners and contractors grow frustrated over insurance companies' response to some damage.

The school sustained damage during Ida and its football team has had to host games in nearby Terrebonne Parish.

Lake Pontchartrain is typically calm, maybe even placid, but sometimes the brackish water turns into a tempest - kicking up crashing waves that sometimes create a secret swell.

Following two active hurricane seasons and Ida recovery, homeowners are due another punch in the gut and their wallet with FEMA’s new flood insurance program, called Risk Rating 2.0.

“Over the past 15 years many national carriers downsize their exposure, not just in our state but in all coastal states,” said Donelon.

The Magnolia State joins Indiana and Louisiana in the civil action against President Biden and other federal agencies.

The eviction moratorium is over and tenants have been given federal dollars to pay the rent they owe, but many landlords say they haven’t seen a penny.

Reports of dangerous levels of carbon monoxide inside homes after Hurricane Ida prompts Jefferson Parish to conduct a safety study of whole house generators. While the equipment proved convenient for thousands of people without power, others say, the fumes nearly cost them their lives.