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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about recovery efforts in Lake Charles two years after two hurricanes swept through the city. Also, we revisit a conversation with Tulane history professor and award-winning biographer Walter Isaacson.
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Three years after Hurricanes Laura and Delta, Lake Charles residents are anxious about the chances of a new storm.
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More than a year later, some Lake Charles residents could see repairs made to their Laura- and Delta-damaged homes as officials roll out a new $11.3 million housing program, according to an announcement Monday.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards will likely not issue a major disaster declaration after a severe storm blew through Southwest Louisiana on Wednesday. But he acknowledged all of the damage the region has sustained beginning last year, from two hurricanes, a winter storm, a spring flood and now a EF-2 tornado.
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More than a year after three natural disasters -- including hurricanes and extreme flooding events -- pummeled Southwest Louisiana, the federal government is moving forward with a disaster relief package which will send $595 million to Calcasieu Parish for recovery, the Associated Press reports.
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Kelli Tidwell Stawecki hasn’t lived in her home since Category 4 Hurricane Laura devastated Lake Charles last August.“We're seven months in and we are…
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The state has spent more than $50 million to house evacuees after Hurricanes Delta and Laura, but thousands remain without long-term housing as...
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Mandatory evacuations are underway in Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, as forecasters say Hurricane Laura is strengthening and could possibly become a...
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Ten years ago today, the second of 2005’s hurricane one-two punches hit southwest Louisiana.“Hurricane Rita is aiming at Louisiana. It will impact much of…
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“Steven Vincent epitomized what it meant to be a Louisiana State Trooper. When you talk about courtesy, loyalty and service – that was him!” Louisiana…