hurricane season

New research suggests that back-to-back hurricanes could become more common for Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf Coast over the next several years.

The storm is now expected to be bigger and stronger when it makes landfall, however.

The next tropical system to enter the Gulf of Mexico could reach a Category 3 storm before it hits the Gulf coast.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is hoping that the addition to its arsenal of tools will help researchers better understand how hurricanes work.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office wants to make sure people are aware and prepared so, they pulled a few tricks out from under their sleeve to get folk's attention.

Here is the parish by parish projected impacts of Tropical Storm Nicholas on Louisiana as released by the U.S. National Weather Service in Lake Charles.

The White House says President Joe Biden will visit Louisiana on Friday to survey storm damage from Hurricane Ida.

Houma residents say the area looks like a "war zone."

Volunteers are asked to bring four days of food and clothes, as well as chainsaws and gasoline if they can.

Hurricane Ida continues to move at a snail’s pace through Southeast Louisiana, now as a Category 2, dropping to 105 mile per hour sustained winds with gusts of 125 miles per hour.

Lafayette will see winds gusts up to 55 miles per hour tonight.

Hurricane Ida continues to barrel through Southeast Louisiana as a low Category 4 storm, dropping from 150 mph sustained winds at landfall to 130 mph sustained winds.

Curfews and evacuation orders remain in place.

As of the 7 AM Advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Lake Charles, this monster storm is packing 150 mph winds with gusts of 165 mph. That's only 7 mph short of Ida having Category 5 intensity.

Hurricane Ida continues its slight eastward nudge on Saturday as the powerful Category 2 storm spends its final night before making landfall in Louisiana Sunday afternoon or evening.

The storm continues to move northwest at 16 miles per hour.

The 4 PM Advisory shows Hurricane Ida making a slight eastward shift. That puts landfall now forecasted to be on the Lafourche/Terrebonne line.

Like so many in Louisiana along the gulf coast, the New Orleans Saints have relocated as Hurricane Ida approaches.

Maximum sustained winds are 100 miles per hour.

As we await Hurricane Ida's unwelcome arrival, residents across the Acadiana region and the state of Louisiana mainly want to know, "How will the hurricane impact me and my area?"