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Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, as a Category 2 hurricane.
2024-09-11

Hurricane Ida moves toward the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana as a potential Category 4, after impacting Cuba yesterday. The storm is strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to reach New Orleans on Sunday. Mayor LaToya Cantrell orders centralized evacuations in the city.
2021-08-28

Louisiana reports 2,247 hospitalizations in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record.
2021-08-4

Louisiana reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first discovered in India.
2021-05-21

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declares a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Barry makes unprecedented levels of rainfall on Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle.
2019-07-11

Tropical storm Harvey (hurricane earlier this month) makes its second landfall, this time in the U.S. state of Louisiana. "The New York Times" reports local officials say the death toll since last Friday is now 38. Moving northeast, Harvey is expected to gradually weaken to a tropical depression by tonight.
2017-08-30

Two people are missing and at least 4 are injured after an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana.
2012-11-16

The oil spill resulting from the explosion of the "Deepwater Horizon" drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico reaches the Louisiana coast.
2010-04-30

As economic losses begin to mount, shrimp fishermen in Louisiana and Alabama file class action lawsuits against the oil company BP and owners of the drilling rig
2010-04-29

Transocean oil platform "Deepwater Horizon" sinks into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana after an explosion two days earlier that injured 7, with 11 still missing.
2010-04-22