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In this image taken from video, emergency rescue teams attend to a vehicle stranded in floodwaters in Hoover, Alabama, late Oct. 6, 2021. As much as 6 inches (15 cm.) of rain fell in Alabama in about a day, unleashing flash floods that required some people to be rescued. (ABC 33/40 via AP) BKWS301 BKWS301

October 7, 2021 at 5:19 am

Alabama swamped, 4 killed in floods from slow-moving front VIEW

Terrified drivers climbed out of swamped cars and muddy floodwater flowed through neighborhoods after a stalled weather front drenched Alabama for hours, leaving entire communities...

September 22, 2021 at 7:00 am

Louisiana’s struggling seafood industry teetering after Ida VIEW

The wrecked boats, docks and processing equipment left by Hurricane Ida has some wondering what the future holds for Louisiana's seafood industry

Business

September 9, 2021 at 10:29 pm

New Orleans gets some Ida relief, but rural pain will linger

New Orleans is showing signs of making a comeback nearly two weeks after Hurricane Ida blasted coastal Louisiana

Business

September 2, 2021 at 9:34 am

Life in Louisiana’s boot challenging, adventuresome post-Ida VIEW

Since Hurricane Ida, life in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish is a mix of frustration and a little adventure

September 1, 2021 at 12:17 pm

Louisiana man’s personal levee no match for Ida’s fury

A Louisiana man who built a levee around his home after Hurricane Katrina thought he was winning the battle against Hurricane Ida

August 31, 2021 at 10:20 pm

‘We’ll endure’: Ida leaves Gulf town of Houma in tatters VIEW

Main Street in the Louisiana town of Houma resembles a canyon of rubble after Hurricane Ida

August 30, 2021 at 10:20 pm

Small Louisiana communities bear brunt of Hurricane Ida VIEW

New Orleans largely escaped catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Ida, but nearby communities were not so lucky

Greg Nazarko, manager of the Bourbon Bandstand bar on Bourbon Street, stands outside the club, where he rode out the storm, after Hurricane Ida that knocked out power in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) LAGH104 LAGH104

August 29, 2021 at 10:19 pm

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid WATCH

A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide...

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FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, file photo, students sit in an algebra class at Barbara Coleman Senior High School on the first day of school in Miami Lakes, Fla. A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper on Friday agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on the mandates is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File) FLML201 FLML201

August 27, 2021 at 11:59 am

COVID-19 vaccine rates, plus 2 new studies offer hope for U.S. schools

Half of U.S. kids 12-17 have gotten at least their first COVID-19 vaccine, and the rate among teens is growing faster than any other age...

A Dallas County Health and Human Services nurse completes paperwork after administering a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a county run vaccination site in Dallas, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/LM Otero) TXMO104 TXMO104

August 26, 2021 at 10:39 am

Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kids

Kentucky and Texas have joined a growing list of states that have surpassed their record for hospitalized coronavirus patients. Intensive care units around the nation...