Hurricane Gustav News

Anh "Joseph" Cao, a Vietnamese-born former ethics teacher and Catholic seminarian, last winter surprised and delighted Republicans by defeating a longtime incumbent in a heavily Democratic congressional district in Louisiana.

IBERVILLE PARISH, LA - The immediate fate of an historic church in Iberville Parish has been decided: St.

Laverne J. James, 53, of Ball, LA, who has been employed by the Town of Ball Police Department since 1993, pled guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency following Hurricanes Rita and Gustav, United States Attorney Donald W. Washington announced.

The Ball police clerk pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency after both Hurricanes Rita and Gustav.

A Utah startup hopes its mobile solar trailers will be useful in emergencies - though it's finding other uses as well.

A year ago, south Louisiana residents were still digging out from Hurricane Gustav, a storm that brought lots of neighbors together to share the hardships of power outages and the work of cleanup and rebuilding.

The recession in a nutshell: 371 of 372 metropolitan areas in the country recorded higher unemployment rates in September 2009 than September 2008.

Hurricane Gustav storm surge overtakes the West Side Pier in Gulfport, Mississippi.

NEW ORLEANS - The nonprofit organization that runs the zoo, aquarium and insectarium in New Orleans lost $187,886 last year.

State emergency preparedness officials have notified the Ouachita Parish Police Jury it cannot give away or sell sandbags received from the state during times of high water unless the parish or state declares a state of emergency.

When Mayor Ray Nagin jetted off to Cuba recently, the buzz around town and on the Web had little to do with trade opportunities or disaster preparedness, the jaunt's stated mission.

After successfully evacuating people from the city before Hurricane Gustav hit the area last year, New Orleans Emergency Medical Services Director Juliette Saussy said there are still lessons to be learned, and she picked up a few tips while on a fact-finding trip to Cuba.

Members of the Louisiana National Guard were photographed patrolling near the Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in 2003.

It will take eight Eiffel Towers worth of steel to build the massive structure that will permanently close the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and better protect the Industrial Canal from storm surges.

Volunteer nurses, doctors, pharmacists and regular folks will give a massive H1N1 flu vaccination campaign a shot in the arm.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency wants to partner with Adams County in the creation of a storm shelter.

Lt. Gen. John Bergman leaves the Marine Corps a year later than he expected. His retirement package was approved last year, and he was set to be replaced as commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North by Maj.

Richard Heene lives an unusual and, at times, dangerous life and has long been content to bring his family along for the ride, no matter the consequences.

New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayor Ray Nagin arrived in Cuba late Friday on a mission to learn about how to deal with storms, a spokeswoman said.

Northeastern Louisiana farmers finally saw the sun Friday afternoon, but it might be too late to save the bulk of the soybean, cotton and sweet potato crops.