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Tropical development possible in the northwestern Caribbean next week


Tropical development possible in the northwestern Caribbean next week

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The National Hurricane Center advises that possible tropical development is expected in the northwestern Caribbean during the last week of September. IMPORTANT LINKS Fox 8 Hurricane Center Download the Fox 8 News and Weather app Models indicate that a tropical system will emerge next week, which will be of particular interest […]

FEMA opens recovery requests, Ascension begins roadside debris pickup after disaster declaration


FEMA opens recovery requests, Ascension begins roadside debris pickup after disaster declaration

BATON ROUGE – Late Monday night, President Biden approved Louisiana’s request to declare a major disaster, allowing those most affected by Hurricane Francine to apply for federal assistance. Thanks to the declaration, residents of the following municipalities are entitled to apply for either individual or public assistance:– Parish of Ascension– Parish of the Assumption of […]

FEMA opens recovery requests, Ascension begins roadside debris pickup after disaster declaration


FEMA opens recovery requests, Ascension begins roadside debris pickup after disaster declaration

BATON ROUGE – Late Monday night, President Biden approved Louisiana’s request to declare a major disaster, allowing those most affected by Hurricane Francine to apply for federal assistance. Thanks to the declaration, residents of the following municipalities are entitled to apply for either individual or public assistance:– Parish of Ascension– Parish of the Assumption of […]

Enter this abandoned theme park that has been “frozen” since Hurricane Katrina


Enter this abandoned theme park that has been “frozen” since Hurricane Katrina

“It was like walking through a photograph from the summer of 2005. Life was supposed to go on; life went on and one day just stopped. It’s like you can pick up the pieces and start over, but it’s a strange and eerie feeling.” In another universe, the storm would not have happened and life […]

NHC begins issuing alerts on Francine, who will be born soon


NHC begins issuing alerts on Francine, who will be born soon

What’s new this Sunday: PTC No. 6 (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.) The low pressure system in the Bay of Campeche is showing better organization this Sunday. The National Hurricane Center gave it the designation “Potential Tropical Cyclone 6” at 4 p.m. Sunday. It already has tropical storm-force winds of 50 […]

Tropical problems for Texas?


Tropical problems for Texas?

Invest 90L: On Thursday evening, the National Hurricane Center designated the low pressure system responsible for our rainfall this week as Invest 90L. When this happens, tropical models will begin working with the low pressure system. The area will be studied. There is a 10 percent chance that it will become our next named storm […]

AAA Northeast: Gasoline prices in Rhode Island drop 5 cents | Westerly


AAA Northeast: Gasoline prices in Rhode Island drop 5 cents | Westerly

PROVIDENCE — Gasoline prices continue to fall in the final weeks of summer, partly due to slowing demand and rising domestic production, but markets are closely watching renewed tropical storm activity in the Atlantic and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. “It appears that gas prices are falling seasonally as the summer season comes […]

Gas leak reported on Westinghouse Road


Gas leak reported on Westinghouse Road

RURAL HALL A heavy smell of gas hung in the air on Westinghouse Road at the intersection with US 52 as emergency crews repaired a break in the natural gas lines. Authorities said a tree fell on a distribution node shortly after 10 a.m. and broke it off, sending natural gas from the fracture into […]