Three weeks after Hurricane Ida and the Louisiana Public Service Commission still reports over 30-thousand customers without power. Lafourche has the highest percentage of customers without electricity at 31-percent. St. John Parish President Jaclyn Hotard says over 90-percent of their parish has power, but a boil water advisory remains in effect…
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Before any hurricane season, researchers at Colorado State and NOAA release projections on how many named storms and hurricanes we may see. LSU plans to start issuing its own forecast just for the Gulf of Mexico…
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LSU Oceanography and Coastal Sciences professor Paul Miller says they used data going back to 1979 and found the temperature of the atmosphere several miles above the Earth is a good predictor on how rough the hurricane season may be.

State wildlife agents want deer hunters to help in detecting a fatal illness spreading through herds across the south. Kevin Gallagher reports you COULD win some cash.
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