Louisiana, Jeff Landry and New Orleans
A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to ask for help to lower commercial tolls planned for the new Interstate 10-Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles. He also spoke about the need for a streamlined federal environmental review process and help in building the I-10 Bridge in Baton Rouge.
Residents of South Louisiana are being asked to stay put for at least another day, with two more nights of freezing weather – and perilous road conditions – in the
Jeff Landry and parish presidents. Most of the heaviest snowfall will blanket areas in the Interstate 10 corridor beginning after midnight Monday entering western Louisiana in Lake Charles and ...
Pursuant to Governor Landry’s Jan. 1, 2025, executive order, the State of Louisiana will work to secure state-maintained interstates, bridges, and transportation lines in addition to ensuring that public streets, sidewalks, and other right of ways in Orleans Parish are in clean, accessible and safe condition.
Days after a winter storm dropped ice and record-breaking snow, cleanup efforts were underway Thursday in several major Southern cities such as New Orleans, where crews were removing snow the same way they remove trash,
A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to
More drivers hit the road Thursday as the snow melted across New Orleans metro. Image: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios The snow is melting, cars are back on the roads and, in a pleasant surprise, the power pretty much stayed on in New Orleans metro through the record-breaking snowstorm.
A gradual return to normal began in the New Orleans area on Thursday after record-breaking snowfall paralyzed the region, but while roads and businesses reopened, a worrying series of pipe breaks led to boil water orders and urgent calls to conserve.
The arctic weather set new records for snowfall amounts and low temperatures this week. State Climatologist Jay Grymes said it’s the most snowfall and lowest temperatures Louisiana has experienced in the last century.
Visible ice may start to melt, but an invisible danger could linger as temps continue to dip below freezing. Here's what to know.