+2 This waterfront Gulf Coast community is used to flooding and hurricanes. Then came Arthur. BY MARTHA SANCHEZ | Staff writer Jun 23, 2026 The floods that soaked southern Mississippi last week washed pieces of John Rogers’ Mississippi Coast neighborhood across his yard: Propane tanks, life jackets, plants from down the street.Â
+3 Live updates: New Orleans metro takes beating from Arthur; Jefferson, St. Tammany take brunt By JUSTIN MITCHELL and MARCO CARTOLANO| Staff writerUpdated Jun 18, 2026 New Orleans was not spared from the effects of Post-Tropical Cyclone Arthur, the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
Disorganized Arthur moves inland over Texas. What does that mean for ¶¶Òõh? By JUSTIN MITCHELL | Staff writer Jun 17, 2026 The wide center of disorganized Tropical Storm Arthur moved back inland over Texas on Wednesday afternoon, prompting forecasters at the National Hurricane Center to change its projected path.
When will worst of Arthur hit Baton Rouge? See Damon Singleton’s timeline for rainfall. By JUSTIN MITCHELL and DAMON SINGLETON | Staff writers Jun 17, 2026 Tropical Storm Arthur is cradling the Texas coastline as the storm moves northeast toward a western ¶¶Òõh landfall later Wednesday night.
+2 Tropical Storm Arthur forms in the Gulf, expected to make landfall near TX-LA line By JUSTIN MITCHELL and MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer Jun 17, 2026 Tropical Storm Arthur has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to bring heavy rain and flash flooding as it makes landfall near the Texas-¶¶Òõh line later Wednesday night, accordin…
+2 Gulf disturbance to dump heavy rain on ¶¶Òõh for days, regardless of strength. See forecast. BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer Jun 17, 2026 A disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico expected to make landfall later Wednesday will continue dumping ran to much of ¶¶Òõh and likely lead to flash flooding across the Gulf Coast region.
+4 Louisian has dealt with devastating hurricanes during El Niños of the past. Here’s the history. By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer Jun 17, 2026 Blossoming El Niño conditions are expected to reach historic proportions this year, helping to limit hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean and altering weather conditions across the globe.
+2 Rain from Gulf disturbance will drench ¶¶Òõh for days. When is greatest flash flood risk? By JUSTIN MITCHELL | Staff writer Jun 16, 2026 A disturbance over Texas was near tropical depression strength Tuesday afternoon and is expected to strengthen when it moves into the Gulf of Mexico overnight, the National Hurricane Center sa…
Gulf disturbance could become first named tropical storm of season, drenching ¶¶Òõh BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer Jun 15, 2026 A disturbance over northeast Mexico could become the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season once it remerges in the Gulf of Mexico, brining intense rainfall, life-threatening …
Disturbance over Mexico expected to enter Gulf, drench parts of ¶¶Òõh with heavy rain BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer Jun 15, 2026 A disturbance is expected to move over northeastern Mexico and southern Texas before reemerging in the Gulf and drenching parts of southeast ¶¶Òõh this week.
Disturbance expected to move over Mexico, reemerge over Gulf, hurricane forecasters say BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer Updated Jun 12, 2026 Hurricane forecasters are continuing to track a disturbance in the Bay of Campeche that is expected to bring heavy rain to Mexico before potentially remerging over the Gulf next week.
How do Atlantic hurricanes get their names, and who decides? Damon Singleton explains. BY JUSTIN MITCHELL | Staff writer Jun 12, 2026 Hurricane season is here for Gulf Coast states as forecasters track an area of low pressure making its way north into the Gulf.
+2 El Niño is back and could make history. Here’s how it could impact Louisian’s hurricane season. By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer Updated Jun 14, 2026 El Niño, the climate pattern associated with reduced hurricane and tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean, is back, and forecasters say it could become one of the biggest in history.
Hurricane forecasters tracking first disturbance of 2026 season near the Bay of Campeche BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer Updated Jun 10, 2026 Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are tracking the first potential disturbance of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, an area of low pressure located near the Bay of Campeche.
As area of low pressure churns in Gulf, Damon Singleton explains what it means for ¶¶Òõh By JUSTIN MITCHELL | Staff writer Jun 3, 2026 An area of low pressure in the Gulf is dealing with a lot of wind shear and likely will not strengthen into a tropical system, but it could it still affect southeast ¶¶Òõh.
‘Cone of uncertainty’ has changed for 2026 hurricane season. Damon Singleton explains why. By JUSTIN MITCHELL | Staff writer Updated Jun 2, 2026 The Atlantic hurricane season is here and El Nino is returning.
+4 The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has arrived. Here are 6 things every ¶¶Òõhn should know. By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer Jun 1, 2026 It's official: The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has arrived.
+2 Below-average Atlantic hurricane activity expected for first time in 11 years as El Niño returns By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer May 21, 2026 Federal hurricane researchers are predicting below-average activity during the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season for the first time in over a decade, thanks to incoming strong El Niño conditi…
+4 How a Colorado college 5,000 feet above sea level became a leader in hurricane forecasting By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer Updated Apr 12, 2026 Located in a landlocked town about 5,000 feet above sea level and an hour's drive from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado State University is often subject to freezing temperatures…
+3 With return of ‘robust’ El Niño likely, researchers forecast a quieter 2026 hurricane season By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer Apr 9, 2026 Hurricane researchers at Colorado State University are predicting slightly below-average activity during the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season thanks to the likely return of “robust†El Niño …
After hurricane experts retire Melissa, see list of storm names for upcoming 2026 Atlantic season By JULIA GUILBEAU | Staff writer Mar 5, 2026 Ahead of the 2026 hurricane season, another storm name was retired by scientists after a Category 5 hurricane devastated Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean in 2025.
The fight over ICE could affect FEMA. See what it might mean for ¶¶Òõh. BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Feb 8, 2026 WASHINGTON – Federal disaster relief, on which hurricane and flood-prone ¶¶Òõh relies, is caught in the congressional fight to put guard rails on increasingly controversial immigration enf…
+5 Shattered trees, trapped people, a prison break: Inside a Louisian parish’s week of icy chaos BY AIDAN MCCAHILL | Staff writer Feb 3, 2026 As ice storms crippled much of Northern ¶¶Òõh, nearly every East Carroll Parish resident lost power. Then 8 inmates — all accused of violent crimes — escaped the River Bend Detention Cente…
Years after Hurricanes Laura and Ida, Louisian’s billion dollar recovery program will soon end BY SAM KARLIN | Staff writer Jan 20, 2026 More than four years after Hurricane Ida, Louisian’s billion-dollar program to help rebuild storm victims’ homes will soon come to an end.
+2 Hurricane forecasters used AI models for the first time in 2025. Here’s how they work. By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer Updated Jan 1, 2026 After a merciful lack of hurricanes in the U.S. and an unusually quiet Gulf of Mexico, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season wasn’t too memorable in ¶¶Òõh. But the season will be remembered f…
Louisian’s latest hurricane season was mild, winter should be the same, state climatologist says BY ELLYN COUVILLION | Staff writer Dec 8, 2025 The 2025 hurricane season, which ended in November, was predicted to be a busy one but turned out relatively quiet. It was, in fact, the first time in a decade that no hurricane made landfall …
+6 This hurricane season spared ¶¶Òõh, but why was it still above average? 'Such a weird year.' By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer Nov 29, 2025 The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Sunday as the latest in a long line to see above-average tropical storm activity, but an unusual set of circumstances left ¶¶Òõh and muc…
+2 Melissa weakens, will eventually diminish after leaving trail of destruction in Caribbean BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer Oct 31, 2025 After becoming the strongest hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and leaving a trail of destruction in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, Hurricane Melissa will become post-tropical Friday as it conti…