Residents are urged to wear bug spray containing 15% or more deet, wear long sleeved shirt and pants when possible, and to eliminate standing water near their homes.
Beta was expected to move northeast along the Texas coast over the next couple of days, weakening into a depression, before heading into Louisiana sometime mid-week.
Amy Coney Barrett, a devout Catholic, is hailed by religious conservatives and others on the right as an ideological heir to conservative icon Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice for whom she clerked.
Louisiana lawmakers have called themselves into a special legislative session beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, to address dwindling unemployment funds and adjust the state operating budget.
The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from person to person through the air.
This storm is expected to make landfall Monday evening but has already caused storm surge and damaging winds, and has the potential to cause widespread flooding, as it continues to approach the Texas coast.
President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court by week’s end, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried, launching a monumental Senate confirmation fight ahead of the November election.
Governor Greg Abbott today urged Texans to remain vigilant and closely monitor weather conditions as Tropical Storm Beta is expected to impact parts of the Gulf Coast this week.
The weekend will be very nice with no rain and cool temperatures. It will also have lo humidity. The tropics are still quite active with multiple named storms currently in the Atlantic Basin
Governor Greg Abbott today urged Texans to remain vigilant and closely monitor weather conditions as Tropical Storm Beta is expected to impact parts of the Gulf Coast this week.
Residents in all 21 parishes approved for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) benefits may apply for benefits any day, today through Wednesday (Sept. 23), regardless of last name, following a change in the DSNAP application schedule.
In an effort to defeat hunger, Hunters for the Hungry is hosting a clean out your freezer day on Sunday, September 20. The Hunters for the hungry is accepting donations at 11 drop-off locations across Louisiana.
Health authorities in the U.S. are deeply worried about the resumption of school and college and the onset of cold weather, which will force more people indoors.
The Cajun Navy says they have been actively monitoring the situation with Tropical Storm Beta as well as the other tropical depressions and disturbances.
An East Texas man passes away after an accident on a roof. Hours before, he had stopped by a local restaurant, where the owners created a sandwich just for him. Now that sandwich is named after him with proceeds going to his family.
