In an unprecedented year of circumstance, 2020 brought a record 12 named storms to the United States with five striking Louisiana. After Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana in late August, some homes in Cameron Parish could only be reached by boat despite being eight miles inland from the Gulf Coast. CBS News Enrique Acevedo met up with Heidi Baccigalopi after another storm, Hurricane Delta, hit nearly two months later. At the time, land typically used by grazing cows remained underwater. For most of these people around here, Acevedo said to Baccigalopi, it s their second or third time they ve had to rebuild their home in the last 15 years?
Mon December 21, 2020 - Southeast Edition CEG The Houma Navigational Canal Project is advancing to construction using an alternative financing plan. Louisiana officials have announced that construction on a $366 million flood protection project will begin using an alternative financing plan approved by the state legislature earlier this year. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) said Dec. 9 that the plan will be used for the flood-protection lock project in the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC). It will allow the agency to incur debt or issue bonds to pay for projects. The lock will play a critical role in Terrebonne Parish s hurricane protection system.
Gov. John Bel Edwards creates new Atchafalaya River Basin task force to sort through conflicts nola.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nola.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Coastal News Today | LA - Louisiana Hopes to Add Estuary to Federal Research Program coastalnewstoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from coastalnewstoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Louisiana hopes to add estuary to federal research program katc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from katc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Louisiana hopes to add estuary to federal research program americanpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from americanpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Louisiana has kicked off an effort to identify part of its coastline that can be added to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coastwide National Estuary Research Reserve program.