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• As Payton steps aside, winningest Saints coach reflects on 2006, post-Katrina season Play Video

  January 25, 2022 11:14 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Saints Head Coach Sean Payton arrived in New Orleans at one of its lowest points, when the city and its residents had been brought to their knees by Hurricane Katrina. In that first season back in the Superdome, Payton slowly learned how crucial the team was to... more »

• More than 50 years later, Hurricane Betsy upgraded to a category 4 storm

  December 11, 2019 2:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - One of the most destructive storms to ever hit the gulf coast has been retroactively upgraded to a category 4 hurricane. The NOAA announced Wednesday that Betsy, the first hurricane to cause one billion dollars in damage, had been reclassified using modern technology and analytics. ... more »

• Family that survived Katrina rebuilds again after recent flood Play Video

  August 29, 2016 7:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Many of the New Orleans residents who survived Hurricane Katrina moved to the Baton Rouge area to start over, however many did not think they would find themselves starting over again 11 years later. Jonathan and Lindsey Sumich were newlyweds when the eye of Hurricane Katrina... more »

• Flood map revisions in Central approved by FEMA Play Video

  March 8, 2016 9:53 PM

  CENTRAL - A city-funded project to update and revise FEMA flood elevations along portions of the Beaver Bayou watershed in Central was approved. The project, which began about four years ago, was granted approval by FEMA last week. "We felt like some people were put into floodplains that... more »

• Southern discusses effects of Katrina 10 years later

  August 25, 2015 5:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Around 500 Southern University students took part Tuesday in a symposium to discuss the effects Hurricane Katrina had on the law enforcement, demographics, economy and way of life in New Orleans. The hurricane struck the Gulf Coast nearly ten years ago, killing more than 1,000 people... more »

• First responders take part in week long animal rescue training

  August 23, 2015 6:11 PM

  GONZALES, La. - Various groups and organizations from all over the country are getting trained in rescuing animals in case of a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina. Groups like the American Humane Association along with LSU School of Veterinary Medicine took part in the training. One of the instructors, Dick... more »