We could see another named storm in the Gulf of Mexico later this week. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says this will be a slow developing system…
Keim says it’s also too early to tell where the storm will go.
The Louisiana Fire Service has been mobilized to support rescue and recovery operations in South Carolina following Hurricane Helene. An Incident Support Team (IST) and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams from Louisiana arrived last week. Baton Rouge Fire Chief Mike Kimble says some team members will work in the state’s Emergency Operations Center, and others will directly engage in rescue operations.
Many Louisianians are waiting on word of a special session on insurance reform. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A 5-year-old died and a ten-year-old suffered severe injuries in a crash Claiborne Parish over the weekend. State Trooper Eddie Thomas says 31-year-old Jordan Burton of Homer crossed the centerline on Highway 146 and hit another car. Neither child was properly restrained, and the 10-year-old child was in the front passenger seat of Burton’s SUV. Thomas says impairment of Burton is suspected…