Hurricane Gustav News

FORMED OFF THE COAST OF BELIZE. AND OUR AREA KNOWS ALL TOO WELL WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STORM HITS.

Storm clouds loomed from the south, the outer fringes of hurricane Gustav. He and the other employees at a volunteer center in New Orleans had been mandatorily evacuated a few hours earlier.

Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said Saturday that moving the GOP convention to June from August would improve the chances of winning general elections.

The City of Zachary is planning ahead to protect its families and secure the community and homes in advance of the upcoming hurricane season.

A federal investigation in Livingston Parish has ended without a single arrest. The investigation started back in 2009, when cleanup from Hurricane Gustav was stopped.

Some states find themselves in the crosshairs of disaster far more than others. U.S. presidents have declared nearly 2,000 major disasters in the 50 states and the District of Columbia over the past 60 years as of April 2013, but just 10 states have been responsible for a third of those.

Members of the Oklahoma National Guard's 146th Air Support Operations Squadron arrived in Moore, OK shortly after the tornado struck to assist the civilian response on the ground.

Federal authorities have closed their criminal investigation into parts of the Hurricane Gustav cleanup work in Livingston Parish without indictments, but a state investigation could be revived, District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said Wednesday.