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  • WATCH: Albany street flooded from overnight showers Play Video

    September 15, 2021 4:01 PM

    ALBANY - Streets flooded overnight as showers from Nicholas dumped a radar-estimated six to eight inches of rain in the area overnight. By Wednesday afternoon, Wagner Road was mostly underwater and only passable by trucks or higher vehicles. Schools in the area closed Wednesday for inclement weather. Nicholas... more »
  • Clean-up hotline now available for storm victims in Assumption Parish

    September 8, 2021 3:40 PM

    ASSUMPTION PARISH - A hotline is now available for residents in Assumption Parish who need help cleaning up damage from Hurricane Ida. The group Crisis Cleanup said they connect residents with local volunteers who can help with: -cutting fallen trees -drywall, flooring and appliance removal -tarping roofs -mold mitigation... more »
  • Louisiana reports 141 hospitalizations for carbon monoxide poisoning in past week

    September 6, 2021 3:37 PM

    BATON ROUGE - With the increased use of generators to power homes, there have been 141 ER visits for carbon monoxide poisoning in the past week. The Louisiana Department of Health said Monday, along with the hospitalizations, four people have died. The LDH urges residents to use generator... more »
  • Governor Edwards updates residents in Livingston Parish on hurricane recovery efforts Play Video

    September 4, 2021 11:42 PM

    LIVINGSTON - Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards spoke at the Livingston Office of Homeland Security on Saturday afternoon and expressed concern about a new weather system developing: a second storm that could come this way. "It's more than a theoretical possibility. It happened to us last year, and it... more »
  • More than 100,000 EBR residents still without power Play Video

    August 30, 2021 11:25 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Monday evening, just under 110,000 Entergy customers and 24,000 Demco customers still had no power, more than 24 hours after Hurricane Ida passed through Baton Rouge. Energy crews are still surveying the damage they need to fix before actually fixing it. In River Bend, one... more »
  • Cassidy and Graves get first look at Ida's damage

    August 30, 2021 8:34 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy and Congressman Garret Graves landed in Baton Rouge Monday afternoon after taking a look at Hurricane Ida during a flyover in a U.S. Coast Guard airplane. "This was the most powerful storm to hit the United States," Graves said. Coast Guard... more »
  • Firefighters respond to at least a dozen trees on homes in Central Play Video

    August 30, 2021 2:24 AM

    CENTRAL - Firefighters in part of East Baton Rouge Parish responded to a dozen 911 calls regarding trees on homes. Central Fire Department said the only injury happened on Ridge Road, where an elderly man was trapped inside a mobile home. Baton Rouge Fire Department helped remove the resident.... more »
  • Tree falls on truck, narrowly misses people inside

    August 29, 2021 11:57 PM

    ALBANY - At least two people were in a silver truck right before a tree fell down and smashed the bed. Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard said the accident happened at the end of South Cafe Line Road in Albany. Ard added that the people who were in... more »
  • Braithwaite levee overtopped in Plaquemines Parish Play Video

    August 29, 2021 7:42 PM

    BRAITHWAITE - In Plaquemines Parish, an emergency alert sent out early this evening by government officials told residents to evacuate and seek higher ground immediately. Anyone in the Braithwaite area between the parish line and White Ditch on the Eastbank, seek higher ground immediately. Officials say this comes... more »
  • Gov Edwards to reroute LA's resources to Mississippi for hurricane assistance Play Video

    September 15, 2020 8:42 AM

    BATON ROUGE - As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Sally has veered away from Louisiana and shifted eastward in a path that puts her on a crash course with Mississippi and Alabama. Though Louisiana has escaped the threat posed by the slow-moving storm, Governor John Bel Edwards had already requested... more »

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