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  Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday

  

  Posted 10:59 AM 5/1/2013 by MELISSA CANONE (PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)

  Louisiana residents can save money on flashlights, batteries, generators and other emergency supplies during the 2013 Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday on Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26.

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  Entergy Sending More Workers to Aid in Sandy Recovery

  

  Posted 8:49 AM 10/30/2012 by Ian Auzenne

  Entergy is sending a second wave of emergency workers to the Northeast in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The company is activating another 850 workers to restore power in the affected areas. This brings the total number of Entergy linemen along the Northeast Corridor to 1155. The New Orleans-based company is also providing customer service representatives to answer calls from residents in the affected areas.

  
  

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  Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

  

  Posted 7:46 AM 10/30/2012 by AP

  NEW YORK (AP) - As superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit, with its financial heart in Lower (More)

  
  

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  Atlantic City mayor disputes NJ governor

  

  Posted 7:38 AM 10/30/2012 by AP

  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City's mayor says he would love nothing better than to confront New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie "mano a mano." Speaking on NBC's "Today" show Tuesday, Mayor Lorenzo Langford disputed Christie's criticism that Langford erred by allowing people to (More)

  
  

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  West Virginia blizzard warning as Appalachia storm blows

  

  Posted 7:33 AM 10/30/2012 by Vicki Smith, AP

  ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - Wet snow and high winds spinning off the edge of superstorm Sandy spread blizzard conditions over parts of West Virginia and neighboring Appalachian states Tuesday, shutting one interstate as trucks and cars bogged down and knocking out power to many. The National (More)

  
  

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  Levee breaks in NJ town, hundreds being evacuated

  

  Posted 7:31 AM 10/30/2012 by AP

  MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) - Hundreds of people are being evacuated after a levee broke in a northern New Jersey town early Tuesday.
  
  Bergen County executive chief of staff Jeanne Baratta tells The Record newspaper the entire town of Moonachie is under water and as many as 1,000 people could need to be evacuated.
  
  Baratta says people in a trailer park have had to climb on the roofs of their trailers to await rescue.
  
  There are no reports of injuries or deaths.

  
  

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  For travelers, Sandy's aggravation spans globe

  

  Posted 7:28 AM 10/30/2012 by AP

  NEW YORK (AP) - Superstorm Sandy grounded well over 10,000 flights across the Northeast and the globe, and it could be days before some passengers can get where they're going. According to the flight-tracking service FlightAware, more than 13,500 flights had been canceled for Monday (More)

  
  

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  Entergy, CLECO Send Crews to Assist in Post-Sandy Power Restoration

  

  Posted 1:38 PM 10/29/2012 by Ian Auzenne

  Electric crews from Louisiana are headed to the Northeast as residents there prepare for Hurricane Sandy. Entergy is sending 305 linemen to the region, including 115 from Louisiana, to assist in the power restoration effort along the Northeast Corridor. Cleco is also sending some of its employees to assist in restoration efforts in Maryland. Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall later tonight and could affect 50 million people.

  
  

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  Nadine Could Become A Hurricane

  

  Posted 7:43 AM 9/13/2012 by Dave Baker

  Tropical Storm Nadine could become a hurricane later today or tonight.  This morning Nadine's winds were up to 70mph, hurricane strength begins at 74mph.  Nadine continues to drift toward the northwest across the middle part of the Atlantic Ocean.  The track of the storm brings it northward, then turning northeast over the weekend.

  Nadine is no threat to any areas of land at this time and no watches or warning have been issued.

  
  

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  Two More Parishes Approved for FEMA Assistance

  Posted 5:26 PM 9/7/2012 by KATC

  Residents of Iberville and St. Mary parishes who suffered damages are now eligible for FEMA assistance.

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  Oyster Beds Reopening After Hurricane Isaac

  Posted 5:01 PM 9/7/2012 by KATC

  The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals will reopen some of the oyster beds that were closed August 28, 2012, as a precautionary measure in advance of Hurricane Isaac. Oyster harvesting areas 19, 21 and 23, in coastal areas of Terrebonne Parish, will reopen half an hour before sunrise on (More)

  
  

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  LDAF Assesses Sugarcane Damage

  

  Posted 3:05 PM 9/7/2012 by KATC

  Following an informal assessment of sugarcane damage from Hurricane Isaac, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., says the damage is extensive in localized areas. "While there is sugarcane that will bounce back and thrive, some of the (More)

  
  

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  Shifting sands from Isaac reveal 1923 shipwreck

  

  Posted 12:49 PM 9/7/2012 by AP

  GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - The pounding surf and currents from Hurricane Isaac on a remote spit of Alabama shoreline has again revealed the wreckage of a schooner that ran aground in 1923, delighting curious tourists and locals. The schooner Rachel and her eight-man crew ran aground (More)

  
  

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  Post-Isaac seafood meeting held

  

  Posted 12:47 PM 9/7/2012 by AP

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Seafood industry leaders are assessing the effects of Hurricane Isaac. Ewell Smith, director of the state's seafood promotion board, says fishing communities such as Delacroix, Hopedale and Lafitte suffered damage in the storm. Smith said figures on how (More)

  
  

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  Food banks, Red Cross seeking donations

  

  Posted 10:45 AM 9/7/2012 by KATC

  The American Red Cross and food banks in Louisiana are seeking donations to help replenish the food supplies and other resources they have been providing throughout Southeast Louisiana to people and communities hit by Hurricane Isaac.

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