Tropical Depression 9 is in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and the latest forecast track has the developing storm moving towards Louisiana, but eventually turning and making landfall on Thursday in Florida. State climatologist Barry Keim says the National Hurricane Center has the depression strengthening into a tropical storm, but admits forecasters are having trouble predicting its intensity.
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Today marks the 11th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Trauma psychologist with LSH Health New Orleans Doctor Jennifer Hughes says this day along with images of the latest flooding disaster in Louisiana could result in bad flashbacks from those who survived Katrina. Hughes says if you are depressed, reach out to family and friends….
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After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Pelican State saw a drop in population as the destructive storms sent Louisiana residents across the country. Demographer Greg Rigamer says with this latest flood event, expect a migration of workers into the state, but the state won’t see any long-term population gain because of the struggling oil industry….
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Two people are dead and 36 people were injured after a bus driven by an illegal resident smashed into a fire truck and other vehicles on I-10 in St. John the Baptist Parish near LaPlace. State Police Trooper Melissa Matey says the bus hit a fire truck that responded to an earlier single vehicle wreck…
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Spencer Chauvin, a district fire chief of St. John the Baptist Parish and a 21-year-old resident in Mississippi were killed. Matey says the man driving the bus is from Honduras and did not have a license to drive the bus. He’s now facing negligent homicde charges.