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• Richmond asks Trump to issue disaster declaration for New Orleans

  February 10, 2017 4:10 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Rep. Cedric Richmond has asked President Donald Trump to issue a disaster declaration after an EF-3 tornado damaged homes in New Orleans. In a statement released Friday, Richmond said the declaration is needed to allow federal resources to help New Orleans residents impacted by Tuesday’s severe... more »

• Mayor: power will be restored in Donaldsonville by tonight Play Video

  February 8, 2017 8:04 AM

  DONALDSONVILLE –Crews in Donaldsonville worked through the night to restore power and clear streets for Wednesday morning. Entergy reports that more than 800 customers are still without power in Ascension Parish. Those without power are concentrated in the Donaldsonville area, where the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touchdown... more »

• Scenes of disaster after storm hits New Orleans

  February 7, 2017 2:22 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Parts of eastern New Orleans are looking like a disaster area following a line of severe weather that just blew through the city. The storm flipped over cars, tore roofs off homes, ripped through a gas station canopy, broke tall power poles off their foundations, flipped a... more »

• Flash Flood watches in effect, heavy rain expected Thursday

  March 9, 2016 3:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Heavy rain is expected and flash flood watches are in effect as a bit of slow moving severe active weather rolls through our area Thursday. Flash flood watches are in effect through Saturday morning. This means conditions are favorable in the atmosphere to cause heavy rain... more »

• Anheuser-Busch to deliver cans of drinking water to tornado victims

  March 2, 2016 12:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Anheuser-Busch announced Wednesday that the company is partnering with the American Red Cross to deliver drinking water to victims recovering from last week’s tornadoes. Anheuser-Busch said its Georgia brewery will deliver more than 50,000 cans of emergency water to the Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the... more »

• 200 homes and buildings damaged in LaPlace, many unlivable

  February 24, 2016 3:39 PM

  LAPLACE, La. ( WWLTV ) - St. John the Baptist Parish remained under a state of emergency Wednesday as clean up continued in LaPlace as residents pick up the pieces of their homes after a violent storm charged through the parish Tuesday afternoon. Parish President Natalie Robottom said that 200... more »

• Slideshow: Severe Weather Photos

  February 23, 2016 3:47 PM

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