St. Augustine Catholic Church stands tall in the Faubourg Tremé section of New Orleans. It remains a pillar of the community. On a recent Sunday morning, spirited songs could be heard during Mass.

When school official sought to move Grand Caillou Elementary, the community rallied against it. At the groundbreaking, they ...

There’s mounting evidence that extreme weather is making some everyday stuff more expensive. But how that plays out for you depends several factors.

PHILADELPHIA — A Plymouth Meeting woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for a fraud scheme that stole $1.7 million in federal disaster benefits in the wake of Hurricane Ida damage ...

Louisiana’s $1 billion program to help homeowners recover from hurricanes in 2020 and 2021 is coming to an end this year. The insurance market is beginning to stabilize after years of tumult. But we ...

MARRERO (WVUE) — Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve will temporarily close its visitor center and most trails at the Barataria Preserve beginning Feb. 2 to accommodate demolition and ...

NEW ORLEANS — After more than four years away, the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans is reopening at its longtime Broad Street location, resuming normal operations for the public, officials ...

In the most visible sign of progress in replacing the Mandeville fishing pier destroyed by Hurricane Ida more than four years ago, the pier has now been demolished and nearly removed from its site ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News, ...

So far this year, we’ve had 13 named storms in the Atlantic, with 5 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3+). Ida (November 4-14, 2009) made landfall as a Category 1 storm on the east coast of ...

Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica after the storm made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the ...