This hurricane season has produced 13 named storms, four tropical storms, and nine hurricanes, but it looks like the worst is over. Sean Richardson has more.
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Time is running out to vote for next month’s presidential election. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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So far, the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has produced 13 named storms, including four tropical storms and nine hurricanes. Among these, four were major hurricanes: Beryl, Helen, Kirk, and Milton. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says there have been 300 deaths due to storms this season…
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Following a lull from mid-July to mid-August, the season saw a significant resurgence, now above average in named storms, hurricanes, major hurricanes, and total hurricane days. Keim says the season is far from over.
The period from mid-August to mid-October accounts for most of the storm activity, but the season typically winds down after October. As ocean temperatures continue to drop, reducing the likelihood of storms, Keim says once we get into November Louisiana can breathe a sigh of relief…
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If you want to vote in the presidential election and have not registered to vote, you’d better get a move on it. Tomorrow is the deadline to register online. Secretary of State Nancy Landry says registering online is easy.
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And once you register to vote, you will have many opportunities to cast your ballot early.
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Obviously, the big race this year is the presidential race. But there are many other races on the November 5th ballot, and Landry says the state has a one-stop shop for all essential election information.
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At this point, the only way to register to vote in the November 5th election is online. The deadline to register in person has expired.
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Three LSU players have been named as SEC Players of the Week for their performances in the Tigers thrilling overtime victory over Ole Miss. Sophomore linebacker Whit Weeks had a career-best 18 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble and was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week. Weeks says the entire defense played great…
Weeks this is a game he’ll never forget it….
Bradyn Swinson was named SEC Defensive Line player of the week. Swinson had a career-high eight tackles and two sacks. Q-B Garrett Nussmeier is the league’s offensive player of the week as he threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns. But Nuss also completed less than 50-percent of his passes and threw two interceptions…
LSU is at Arkansas on Saturday.
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A new national report card shows that kids in Louisiana and across the nation are achieving nearly a failing grade when it comes to physical activity. Dr. Katie Spring at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at LSU says kids are getting way too much screen time and not nearly enough physical activity.
Dr. Spring says kids need one hour of physical activity a day, and it by no means has to be hard-core.
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Dr. Spring says this is where parents can get involved in their kids’ physical health.
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The Physical Activity Alliance gives kids nationwide a D- when it comes to meeting the goal of one hour of physical activity each day.