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Houston Keeps Buckling Under Storms Like Beryl

HOUSTON (AP) — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week,...

Groups to Create Network of Stormwater Detection Sensors

NEW ORLEANS — United Way of Southeast Louisiana, Verizon and Hyfi have partnered on a program to install stormwater sensors throughout Greater New Orleans....

Company Offering ‘Sandless Sandbags’ to Hold Back Floodwater

NEW ORLEANS – UltraTech, a Florida-based company, is now selling the UltraTech-Flood Stopper, a flood containment solution that is an alternative to traditional sand-filled...

Guarantee Restoration Services Moves from Kenner to St. Rose

NEW ORLEANS – Guarantee Restoration Services, which helps customers recover from property damage caused by a natural disaster, has moved its Greater New Orleans...

Business Owners Can Sign Up for Disaster Response Communication System

NEW ORLEANS – From StayLocal: StayLocal, a Greater New Orleans independent business alliance, is the host of a new disaster response communication system for local...

Louisiana Among ‘Most Improved’ States for Extreme Weather Resilience

NEW ORLEANS — From Greater New Orleans, Inc.: As hurricane season approaches, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety recently released the fifth edition...

Department of Insurance Issues Guidance After Storm Damage

BATON ROUGE — From the Louisiana Department of Insurance: The severe weather that swept through the state on Wednesday, including tornadoes in Slidell and Lake...

Commentary: Landry Targets S&WB

NEW ORLEANS (Verite) — After successfully shepherding his bills through a special legislative session on crime, Gov. Jeff Landry has turned his attention to...

As Warming Stokes Storms, Some Want Hurricane Category 6

NEW YORK — A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple...

Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Dolphins by Limiting Use of Spillway

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf...

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