8:30 LRN Newscast November 30

A historic 2020 hurricane season ends today. It will take years for southwest Louisiana to rebuild following the double punch of Hurricanes Laura and Delta. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we had a highly unusual number of dual landfalls…
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A record five named storms made landfall in Louisiana this year.

Saturday is election day and the biggest race on the ballot is the fifth district congressional race that covers northeast and central Louisiana. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says this race will likely come down to geography where Lance Harris hails from Alexandria and Luke Letlow lives in Ouachita Parish….
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One sector that has seen an increase in sales this year despite COVID is the real estate industry, Brooke Thorington tells us how things are in the Bayou State
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Many homeowners will need to turn on the heater for the first time in months as the coldest air of the fall has arrived. Most of the state will see temperatures fall below the freezing mark tomorrow morning and it will also be windy. The southern half of the state is under a freeze warning, so protect your plants and pipes.