NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) -- The Coast Guard is conducting critical incident search and rescue overflights and assessing for damage Monday along the Gulf Coast Region of Louisiana following Hurricane Ida. The Coast Guard has brought to bear more than 28 aviation assets and nearly 21 shallow-water response assets to respond to flooded and damaged [...]
Rescuers arrived in the St. John to Baptist town of LaPlace Monday in boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters.
(KLFY) -- Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Congressman Garret Graves joined the Coast Guard on a flyover of southeast Louisiana to survey damage from Hurricane Ida. The storm made landfall at 11:55 a.m. on Sunday, August 29 as a top-level Category 4 hurricane, with winds as high as 150 mph, making it the fifth most [...]
The Colonial Pipeline has temporarily shut down some of its gas lines as a precautionary measure following the landfall of Hurricane Ida
Officials were estimating Monday that it could be weeks for full restoration in some areas.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An urban search-and-rescue team from the Las Vegas area has been sent to Louisiana to help amid flooding and damage from Hurricane Ida. Clark County spokesman Erik Pappa said members of the regional Federal Emergency Management Agency unit known as Nevada Task Force 1 departed Sunday for a 24-hour drive to [...]
New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell is expected to morning on the state of rescue and recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
LOUISIANA (KLFY) -- Nearly 24 hours after Hurricane Ida's landfall in Southeastern Louisiana, cities and parishes are left devastated. More than one million people are without power, and the extent of damage beyond that is still to be determined. Gov. John Bel Edwards addressed the State of Louisiana in a video posted to his Facebook [...]
A couple in Colorado from New Orleans were keeping their eyes on news and updates from neighbors as Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday.
Will 'Ida' be retired from the name list of hurricanes? It's too soon to officially say, but it's probably a pretty safe bet.
Unfortunately, we cannot let our guard down after Hurricane Ida as tropical activity remains very high with several areas being monitored by the National Hurricane Center. There are no immediate threats to the Gulf of Mexico at this time. Tropical Storm Julian and Tropical Depression 10 formed yesterday. Julian has since quickly dissipated moving into [...]
Cynthia Lee Sheng said despite the hurdles the parish is currently facing, rescue teams are standing by and ready to help.
We'll get our first widespread look at Ida's aftermath in Louisiana Monday after the monster storm came ashore near the barrier island of Grand Isle Sunday with violent winds of 150 mph (241 kph).
More than 1,000,000 customers in Louisiana are waking up without power Monday morning.
Nearly 12 hours since Hurricane Ida made landfall in Southeast Louisiana, a sleepy little community located along Bayou Barataria is at risk of losing everything.
WASHINGTON D.C. (BRPROUD) - President Joe Biden has approved Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards' request for a federal disaster declaration in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Financial assistance will be available to aid recovery for Louisiana individuals and businesses. Read the full statement below: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster [...]
NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) As Hurricane Ida roared through New Orleans Sunday afternoon, heavy rains rushed into the city damaging multiple buildings and roadways, blowing the roof off a New Orleans Senior Center and unfortunately our sister station WGNO, at 1 Galleria Blvd, was not left unscathed. A steady stream of rain poured throughout the [...]
PRAIRIEVILLE, La. (BRPROUD) - As Hurricane Ida makes its way through the area, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office has some bad news to pass on. The first person has died because of this massive hurricane. Deputies responded to a home "off of Highway 621 in Prairieville," around 8:30 p.m. Members of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's [...]
Entergy says all of Orleans Parish is currently without power due to "catastrophic transmission damage."
MORGAN CITY, La. (KLFY) -- Hurricane-force winds knocked a large tree over in Morgan City, barely missing the house whose front yard it stood in. A resident on the street said there have been strong winds in Morgan City all day. St. Mary Parish is under a tropical storm warning, a flash flood watch, and [...]
METAIRIE, La. (BRPROUD) - Hurricane Ida is leaving its mark on New Orleans and surrounding cities. Meteorologist Scot Pilie' from WGNO is on scene and providing videos and photos of the hurricane as it comes through Metarie. Pile says they are seeing significant pieces of the Galleria in Metairie being ripped off by the over [...]
“I hate to say it this way, but we have a lot of people on ventilators today and they don’t work without electricity,” said Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Rising sea levels swamped the barrier island of Grand Isle, just to the west at Port Fourchon, as Ida made landfall came. Ida made a second landfall about two hours later near Galliano.
NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) -- Images show some of the flooding and damage sustained in New Orleans after Hurricane Ida hit late Sunday morning. The storm made landfall as one of the strongest storms to ever hit the United States, coming into Port Fourchon as a top-level Category 4 hurricane. It leaves cities in Southeast [...]
Hurricane Ida is on its final approach toward the Louisiana coastline as it continues to gather strength before it makes landfall Sunday afternoon or evening.