"Widespread wind damage and flash flooding expected across the River Parishes and into both Baton Rouge and New Orleans metros associated with the eye of #Francine," the NWS tweeted. ⚠️620p ...

If you’ve lived in Louisiana, you’re no stranger to how quickly flooding can happen. “We’re hurricane-prone and all it takes ...

As the costs of damage from Hurricane Helene are projected in the tens of billions, Congress will return from their fall ...

MAGA partisans, including Donald Trump and Elon Musk, have unleashed their own flood of disinformation regarding the federal ...

As Hurricane Francine approaches the Louisiana coast, City-Parish officials in Baton Rouge have positioned sand and sandbags at nine different locations in the area: Residents quickly flocked to ...

Hurricane Helene's destruction in North Carolina's Asheville lays bare the growing threat that inland communities face as ...

Even in historic neighborhoods here in Baton Rouge, where raised pier-and-beam homes were the norm, newer homes are all built on slabs, increasing the flood risk for the whole neighborhood.

The project aims to create software that will evaluate and simulate future flood damage scenarios. This can help communities ...

Congressman Troy A. Carter and United States Senator Bill Cassidy announced over $206 million in federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for flood mitigation.

Flood insurance was extended and the depleted disaster relief fund was addressed in the short-term spending proposal ...

Five candidates running for mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish debated for nearly two hours on Tuesday night.