"Suffice to say, disaster response is no joke," Representative Bennie Thompson said in a statement to Reuters. "If you don't ...

President Donald Trump has said he wants state and local officials to shoulder more of the burden of disaster response, even ...

WDSU will feature stories on the people who played key roles before, during and after the storm. These are the faces of ...

With hurricane season officially underway, worries are mounting around whether President Trump’s cuts to the federal government have endangered the nation’s disaster response. The concern is ...

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale which estimates potential property damage using a ...

The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage.

The StormTracker Team at Louisiana First News has everything you need to know for hurricane preparedness. On the “Ahead of ...

A look back at some of the most destructive and deadliest hurricanes to ever hit Louisiana.

The center reports that Hurricane Helene was the deadliest storm since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ... of extreme weather is critical to mitigating damage from those storms. In Helene’s case ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed a $10.5 million punitive damage verdict against United Services Automobile Association Insurance Company.A jury found it refused to pay multiple legitimate ...

Sun Herald File Mississippi Coast policyholders with enough money to fight their insurance company have won a case over Hurricane Katrina damage to their home more than 19 years after the storm.

Flooded neighborhoods can be seen as the Coast Guard conducts initial Hurricane Katrina damage assessment overflights August 29, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Flooded neighborhoods can be seen ...