The Los Angeles County Fire Department will deploy an urban search and rescue team to Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane ...

The Advocate spoke with Stone Town, 21, a Louisiana newlywed trapped at a resort on Jamaica, over a shaky phone connection ...

Hurricane Melissa caused widespread devastation when it made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday.

Help is on the way as the Los Angeles County Fire Department is sending crews to hurricane-devastated Jamaica.

Melissa was a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph as of 7 a.m. Thursday and a hurricane warning was in effect in ...

Warmer Gulf waters fuel faster hurricane intensification Evacuations remain difficult for elderly and medical facilities State task force proposed “evaculanes” to ease congestion Officials resist ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana and U.S. flags were ordered to be flown at half-staff Friday for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Jeff Landry proclaimed Aug. 29, ...

La Niña conditions developed in September with sea surface temperatures 0.5° below average in the equatorial Pacific. Here's ...

Ida battered Louisiana as a Category 4 with top winds of 150 mph, a tie for 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S. LAPLACE, Louisiana -- Some families near New Orleans have been ...

Iberia Parish is discarding expired Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) at Fire Department Station One in New Iberia and updating its hazard mitigation plan in preparation for the next hurricane season.