The Federal Emergency Management Agency is being bashed by members of Congress right now over the response to the devastating flooding in South Louisiana. Congressman Garret Graves says the people affected got out and helped each other in a major way during the flooding, but right now everyone just seems to be in a holding pattern…:
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The President says the federal government will cover 90-percent of Louisiana’s flood relief costs. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Tomorrow is the statistical peak of the hurricane season and State Climatologist Barry Keim says on September 10th, sea surface temperatures in the breeding grounds for tropical storms are at the maximum. He says typically the hurricane season is front loaded for Louisiana, but he says we have seen some late season storms like Hurricane Rita and Juan…:
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He says so far this season we’ve had eight named storms, which puts us on track for 16 this season.

The National Hurricane Center says it’s monitoring three weather systems across the Atlantic basin. The first is about 1200 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and forecasters say it’s forecast to be favorable for a tropical depression to form this weekend or early next week. The other two systems are not favorable for additional development.