Oil and gas producers in the Gulf are bracing for Hurricane Francine. Here's how they're preparing.
Oil and gas operations along the Louisiana coastline braced for Hurricane Francine’s landfall Wednesday, hoping to stave off the industrial injuries, major oil spills and chemical releases often ...
Heavy Rain From Francine Floods Parts of New Orleans
Officials in Louisiana warned that it was too late to evacuate as heavy rain from the hurricane pelted the southern part of ...
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How Hurricane Katrina Shaped One Young Researcher’s Worldview
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a Category 4 storm the morning of August 29, 2005, leading to more than 1,500 deaths in three Southern states and causing $300 billion in ...
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Hurricane Katrina reshaped how Louisiana responds to disasters
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Thursday (Aug. 29) marked 19 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. A thousand people who couldn’t flee lost their lives. KSLA News 12′s Andrew Wellmann ...
In the eye of the hurricane: New Orleans and climate adaptations
After Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, New Orleans implemented a large-scale coastal protection ...
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Remembering Hurricane Katrina: Gulf Coast reflects on devastation and resilience 19 years later
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Thursday, Aug. 29, marks the 19th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a devastating storm that forever changed New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. As one of the deadliest and most ...
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Finally, a fictionalized look at BP oil spill, and 'Pearce Oysters' pulls no punches
Close readers of Louisiana-based fiction might have been wondering about the absence of novels centered on 2010’s BP oil spill ... ever-expanding stack of Hurricane Katrina fiction knows ...
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‘Extreme Makeover’ built Hurricane Katrina memorial as a gift. 19 years later, it’s a mess
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was one of the most popular television shows in 2005 and its cast and crew were among the first groups to help South Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the ...
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As dollars dry up for Louisiana’s coastal restoration, advocates strategize to sustain it
Experts say now is a critical time for Louisiana leaders to strategize on how to sustain the state’s ambitious coastal ...
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Greg Allen
He was on the front lines of NPR's coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ... as well as in coverage of the BP oil spill which brought new hardships to the Gulf coast. More recently, he played ...