16:30 LRN Newscast September 5

Hurricane Irma is a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm in the northeast Carribbean Sea. National Hurricane Center Forecaster Chris Landsea says weather conditions will deteriorate over the northern Leeward Islands soon.…
cut 9 (12) “…south Florida”
The models show Irma turning north before it reaches the Gulf and not impacting Louisiana.

Tropical Depression number 13 has formed in the Bay of Campeche. It’s expected to become a tropical storm tomorrow, but only impact Mexico. Still, Mike Steele, with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says we need to be prepared….
cut 8 (11) “…headed our way”

Many are asking what they can do to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Halen Doughty has the answer from the Red Cross…
Voicer 5 (30) “I’m Halen Doughty”

CEO World magazine names UL Lafayette’s petroleum engineering department as the seventh best in the nation and 13th in the world. Department Head Fathi Boukadi (Fah-tee Boo-kah-dee) says this ranking and a rebounding oil market will lead to more students for the program…
cut 14 (10) “…in the South”