Today marks one year since the landfall of Category 4 Hurricane Ida. Lafourche Parish was among those hit hardest by the storm’s winds and storm surge. A year later, Parish President Archie Chaisson says (and he uses the term loosely) “we’re getting back to normal”
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Chaisson says about 25-hundred households in Lafourche still live in temporary housing.

It was 17 years ago today Hurricane Katrina came ashore and changed southeast Louisiana forever. There’s a documentary called Katrina Babies streaming on HBO-Max and filmmaker and New Orleans native Edward Buckles looks at how the storm impacted people who were children at the time. Buckles hopes it’s an example of how children often hide and bury their trauma and if not addressed it can manifest itself later.
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New research from LSU shows that climate change had a big impact on flooding from Hurricane Harvey, which caused massive flooding in Houston in 2017. LSU sociology professor Kevin Smiley is the study’s lead author.
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Smiley says for the first time scientists have found that climate change-fueled flooding hit low-income Hispanic neighborhoods the hardest.

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s an explosion of love in the air. Love bugs. LSU AgCenter entomologist Aaron Ashbrook says love bugs are prolific procreators.
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Ashbrook says the summer’s heavy rains make welcome environments for Love Bugs, which is why their population is higher than normal this year.