Governor Edwards says Louisiana is set to dodge the first of what was thought to be a one-two punch from Marco and Laura. Edwards says projections of strong tropical storm conditions from Marco in southeast Louisiana appear unlikely to become reality.
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Some storm surge along the southeast coast is still expected.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Freddie Zeigler says the bigger concern is with Tropical Storm Laura which is near Cuba. Laura is expected to strengthen as it develops into a Category Two hurricane this week and make landfall along the Lousiana-Texas coast on Wednesday night, Thursday morning. Zeigler says Laura could produce a dangerous storm surge…
The competitive race for the 5th district Congressional seat held by a retiring Congressman Ralph Abraham sees its first TV ad buy. Brooke Thorington has the story…
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The state reports 662 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total cases to 143,566. Fatalities increase by 18 to 4,623. Hospitalization and ventilator use data has been delayed.