BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana and U.S. flags were ordered to be flown at half-staff Friday for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Jeff Landry proclaimed Aug. 29, 2025, as ...

Laketa Smith, founder of A Bella LaFemme Society is co-hosting a hurricane preparedness workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to help members of the Baton Rouge community know how to make an ...

Warmer Gulf waters fuel faster hurricane intensification Evacuations remain difficult for elderly and medical facilities State task force proposed “evaculanes” to ease congestion Officials resist ...

Hurricane Katrina caused $226B in today’s dollars More than 1 million displaced and over 1,800 deaths Katrina remains among the five deadliest U.S. hurricanes Later storms like Harvey, Maria, Ian, and ...

Louisiana made it through one of the calmest hurricane seasons in nearly a decade, but State Climatologist Jay Grymes said residents shouldn’t let their guard down as winter approaches.