Tropical Storm Francine has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico and is eying a Louisiana landfall by Wednesday night. Sean Richardson has more.
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LSU’s big run stuffer in the middle of its defensive line is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Louisiana State Police is investigating a fatal police shooting that happened in Lafayette on Saturday morning. The incident claimed the life of 27-year-old Rigoberto Sanchez of Lafayette. Trooper Peggy Bourque says a Lafayette Police officer was investigating a burglary complaint and located the suspect’s vehicle. Bourque says Sanchez was in that vehicle…
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During the encounter the officer discharged their service weapon, striking Sanchez. Bourque says Sanchez suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene, and the officer suffered minor injuries…
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This is an active investigation; further information will be released when it becomes available. Bourque is asking anyone with information to share that with L-S-P Detectives and can anonymously report information to the Louisiana State Police online reporting system…
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A new survey from Bankrate reveals that one out of every four homeowners feel that they’re not financially prepared for a major storm. Analyst Shannon Martin says many homeowners aren’t doing anything to prepare for the financial costs of severe weather.
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Martin says while in the minority, homeowners in the South are more on top of what their homeowners insurance policy dictates compared to those across the country.
Martin says not surprisingly, those with higher salaries are less likely to go into debt when paying their portion of weather-related damage.
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Furthermore, only ten-percent of homeowners in the South say they invested in weatherproofing strategies over the last five years.
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Tropical Storm Francine has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico and is eying a Louisiana landfall. National Weather Service Meteorologist Montra Lockwood says Francine is expected to intensify into a Category I hurricane by Tuesday night…
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A Storm Surge watch has been posted for Cameron, Vermilion, St, Mary and St. Martin parishes as a ten foot storm surge is possible. Francine is also expected to produce several inches of rain across the southern half of the state and into northeast Louisiana
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Lockwood says Francine will pick up speed on Tuesday night and should push through Louisiana quickly…
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People living along low-lying areas of the Louisiana Gulf Coast are starting to make plans to potentially evacuate to higher ground. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in Cameron. In Grand Isle, Louisiana’s last inhabited island, Mayor David Carmadelle is urging his residents to get out.
Mayor Carmadelle says he expects the voluntary evacuation for residents to become a mandatory evacuation tomorrow.
Carmadelle says his main concern is not the wind speed, but rather the storm surge.
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Carmadelle says in recent years, building codes have strengthened so that most buildings can withstand a Category One hurricane like the one that’s expected to make landfall Wednesday evening.