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Ida leaves more than 1 million without power, possibly for weeks
Millions of Gulf Coast residents who survived Ida's catastrophic rampage face a new danger — excessive heat and widespread power outages. Ida, which made landfall Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, has already contributed to four deaths. Hundreds of (...)

31 - 08 - 2021
Hurricane Ida knocks out power in New Orleans, kills at least one person
Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US, knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast (...)

30 - 08 - 2021
Hurricane Ida strengthens into Category 4 storm as it nears Gulf Coast landfall
Hurricane Ida became a Category 4 storm early Sunday morning, rapidly intensifying to sustained winds of 150 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). That's just 7 mph from making Ida a Category 5 storm. It was 60 miles south of the (...)

29 - 08 - 2021
Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana on Katrina anniversary as Category 4 storm
Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, shortly before 1 p.m. ET Sunday as an extremely dangerous, Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. Ida, striking on the 16th anniversary of the (...)

29 - 08 - 2021
Gulf Coast braces for Sunday arrival of Hurricane Ida
After slamming Cuba twice in less than 24 hours, Hurricane Ida is expected to rapidly strengthen before pummeling Louisiana on Sunday, forcing evacuations in New Orleans and the surrounding coastal region on the eve of the 16th anniversary of (...)

28 - 08 - 2021
New Orleans hunkers down as Storm Barry nears Louisiana coast
New Orleans residents stocked up on supplies and prepared their homes on Friday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Barry threatened severe rain and flooding when it comes ashore as possibly the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019. The storm was forecast (...)

12 - 07 - 2019
Rahm and Palmer bag Zurich Classic
Spain's Jon Rahm and American Ryan Palmer partnered for a three-under par 69 Sunday to win the US PGA Zurich Classic pairs event by three strokes. Palmer and Rahm finished 72 holes at the TPC of Louisiana course near New Orleans on 26-under par 262 (...)

29 - 04 - 2019
Chicago police officers shot in targeted attack
Two plain-clothes Chicago police officers were shot and wounded as they sat in an unmarked vehicle in what authorities are describing as a targeted attack on the city's South Side. A manhunt was underway on Wednesday. Two vehicles pulled up (...)

04 - 05 - 2017
30,000 rescued from deadly Louisiana floodwaters
As many as 30,000 people have been rescued following unprecedented floods in the southern US state of Louisiana, including a 78-year-old woman who spent a night stranded in a tree, police said late Monday. Residents awoke on Tuesday to find their (...)

17 - 08 - 2016
3 die in historic Louisiana floods
Emergency crews plucked motorists from cars stranded by high water along a seven-mile stretch of south Louisiana interstate, pulled others from inundated homes and waist-deep waters and braced for more of the dangerous work Sunday after conducting (...)

15 - 08 - 2016
Protests over shootings block roads in US cities, arrests made
Protests against the shootings of two black men by police officers shut down main arteries in a number of US cities on Saturday, leading to numerous arrests, scuffles and injuries in confrontations between police and demonstrators. Undeterred by (...)

11 - 07 - 2016
Powerful storms roll across US South, causing death and damage
A deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes in Gulf Coast states Tuesday night was expected to bring severe weather to the Carolinas by Wednesday afternoon. The Tuesday storms mangled trailers at an RV park, ripped roofs from buildings and killed (...)

25 - 02 - 2016
Storms kill 2 in southern US, thousands lose power
A storm system is sweeping across the central and southern U.S., bringing tornadoes and wind gusts that ripped roofs from barns and hurled trees into power lines, AP reported. Officials said at least two people were killed Saturday. A man died after (...)

22 - 12 - 2013
One dead in chemical plant explosion in USA
One person was killed and at least eight injured Friday in an explosion at a chemical plant in Donaldsonville, La., officials said, according to UPI. The accident was the second such explosion in two days at chemical plants in Ascension Parish; two (...)

15 - 06 - 2013
Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico; 11 Injured, 2 Missing
An explosion tore through an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, triggering a fire and injuring at least 11 people, authorities said. Rescue planes and helicopters are searching for at least two crew members who are still missing. The (...)

17 - 11 - 2012
US drought regions get some relief from Isaac
After spreading destruction across the Gulf Coast, the one-time hurricane Isaac Saturday delivered much-hoped-for rain to the parched Mid-West, according to UPI. It has already delivered showers to much of Arkansas, Missouri and southern Illinois (...)

01 - 09 - 2012
Lil Wayne told to cut grass of US mansion
Lil Wayne has been told to cut his grass. The Times-Picayune reports the rapper was cited for high grass and weeds at his 10,000-square-foot (930-square-meter) mansion in a gated subdivision in Kenner, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. The Code (...)

19 - 03 - 2012
Brees helps Saints rout Giants
Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes and ran for another Monday to spark the New Orleans Saints to a 49-24 rout of the New York Giants in a game of National Football League contenders. Brees, the 32-year-old quarterback who led the Saints to a (...)

30 - 11 - 2011
No. 1 LSU powers past No. 3 Arkansas 41-17
In the biggest game at Tiger Stadium in half a century, No.1-ranked Louisiana State came from 14 points down to beat No. 3-ranked Arkansas 41-17 Friday and secure a spot in college football Southeastern Conference championship game. Tyrann Mathieu (...)

27 - 11 - 2011
Gulf Coast dreads oil spill's creep toward shores
US President Barack Obama headed to the Gulf Coast on Sunday for a firsthand update on a massive and growing oil slick creeping toward American US shores from Louisiana to Florida. Crews have had little success stemming the flow from the ruptured (...)

03 - 05 - 2010
Hurricane Ida moves into U.S. Gulf Coast
Hurricane Ida moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico Sunday, prompting a declaration of emergency in Louisiana and concern along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The storm regained hurricane intensity overnight Saturday, becoming a Category 2 hurricane, but (...)

09 - 11 - 2009
Tebow's Gators silence Tigers with 13-3 victory
Quarterback Tim Tebow combined with the University of Florida's swarming defense to give the Gators a 13-3 win over Louisiana State in college football Saturday. Two weeks after suffering a concussion that had him in doubt for the game, Tebow led (...)

12 - 10 - 2009
Rapper ‘C-Murder' sentenced to life
Rapper Corey “C-Murder” Miller has been sentenced to life in prison for his second-degree murder conviction. District Judge Hans Liljeberg gave Miller the mandatory life sentence on Friday, days after the rapper was found guilty of the 2002 killing (...)

16 - 08 - 2009
Alabama wins Saban Bowl, beating LSU in OT
After the Crimson Tide missed a chip-shot field goal on the final play of regulation, John Parker Wilson scored on a 1-yard sneak in overtime to give No. 1 Alabama a 27-21 victory over No. 15 LSU on Saturday, clinching a spot in the Southeastern (...)

10 - 11 - 2008
US emergency aid chief sidelined
The top US emergencies official has been removed from his role managing the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is being sent back to Washington from Louisiana where he has been (...)

07 - 09 - 2005
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