Hurricane Gustav News

As Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Louisiana coast last August, employees at Food World prepared to remain open to serve their customers.

Community parks offer families a place to retreat from the busyness of everyday life and enjoy healthy, outdoor fun.

Although 220 "Hurricane Ike babies" have been born at Christus St. Elizabeth since May 15, the one born Wednesday was expected with more than the usual excitement.

NEW ORLEANS - Northeastern Louisiana farmers and agri-business owners who suffered damage last fall from hurricanes Gustav and Ike are eligible for more than $14.5 million in Community Development Block Grant funds beginning next month.

How active will the 2009 hurricane season be for Louisiana? So far, there's been nothing to indicate an increased risk for the state, despite recent record-breaking heat and accompanying warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

Cash-strapped car owners are turning to creative forms of insurance fraud to get rid of their cars.

Sept. 9 -- While we watch Ike, many of us are still cleaning up after Hurricane Gustav.

With the onset this month of the Atlantic hurricane season, Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co.

Monday was a day of cleanup for those who had their landscaping, fencing and belongings scattered by a heavy punch of wind during the Friday evening rush-hour storm.

Alabama has a message for its neighbors: Don't count on us next time you need shelter from a storm.

In this Feb. 2, 2009 file photo, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour talks with reporters during a news conference in Jackson, Miss.

Fire ants are the scourge of the Louisiana lawn, but their venomous stings can be as dangerous as those from bees, ants or wasps.

This was just one small pile of debris left behind at Breton Sound Marina by Hurricane Gustav last year.

Fort Pike, shut down by hurricane damage for most of the past four years, reopened Friday.

President George W. Bush will not attend the Republican convention and will instead address the assembly via satellite so he can oversee the federal response to Hurricane Gustav, the White House said on Sunday.

Heavy traffic lines Interstate 10 eastbound as motorists, many from Louisiana, make their way out of the path of Hurricane Gustav on Aug.

June 1 officially kicks off the 2009 hurricane season, and Cleco's 22 storm teams stand ready to respond should a storm's path track through the company's service territory.

Two Arkansas cities are getting funds from Washington for some local improvements.

Funding for the LSU AgCenter and the state Department of Agriculture will not face steep cuts to their budgets, if state Sen.

Across the country, the American Red Cross welcomed residents into shelters, and volunteers fanned out to feed, comfort and care for millions of people affected.