Articles by Gerald Herbert and Kevin McGill

Storms Bring Floods and Damaging Wind Across the South

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain that snarled traffic and strained …

Louisiana Recovering After Tornadoes Plow Through Homes

Louisiana National Guardsmen and other responders went door-to-door in areas around New Orleans on March 23 as the region dug out from overnight tornadoes, with Gov. John Bel Edwards declaring a state of emergency and calling the destruction “devastating.” Other …

Texas Gov. Issues Disaster Declaration, Louisiana Sends National Guard Following Storms

A tornado that menaced New Orleans flipped a schoolbus, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house with a family inside onto the middle of Prosperity Street. Two people were killed as the storm front blew across the South. Other tornadoes …

Black Slick Seen in Water Near Gulf Oil Rig After Ida

Photos show what appears to be a miles-long oil slick near an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida, according to aerial survey imagery released Sept. 1 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and reviewed by …

After Crashing onto Louisiana Coast, Cristobal Moves Up Mississippi River Basin

Tropical Storm Cristobal weakened into a depression early on June 8 after inundating coastal Louisiana and ginning up dangerous weather along most of the U.S. Gulf Coast, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town …